EurActiv.com - Brussels readies for 'Super Tuesday' climate vote

MEPs will tomorrow (7 October) vote on key legislation designed to slash the EU's CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020. But the vote comes amidst a worsening economic crisis, with several member states indicating that they want to put the brakes on any rapid adoption of the measures.

EU diluting climate change battle plans- Global Warming-Earth-The Economic Times

The ecologists are especially concerned that the global financial crisis is also hampering their cause, with company directors more worried about saving their businesses than the planet.

Or as German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier put it: "It is clear that the failure of a bank preoccupies opinion more today than global warming."

LORRIE GOLDSTEIN - Commentary - Follow Europe where?

In light of all this, perhaps our leaders, whenever they talk in future about following Europe's lead in fighting global warming, should at least put out a warning to stop short of the cliff.