Seriously mixed messages: Copenhagen talks simultaneously nearly collapse AND brighten

Copenhagen Climate Talks In Danger Of Failure - UK Foreign Min - WSJ.com

LONDON (Dow Jones)--U.N.-led talks in Copenhagen in December to reach a global deal on cutting greenhouse gas emissions to avert climate change are in danger of collapse, U.K. Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday.

Prospects for UN climate deal brighter-de Boer | Reuters

"The outlook is brightening," de Boer said in a telephone interview from Manila during a tour of Asian nations. "We are moving in the right direction -- nothing wrong with the direction, something left to be desired in terms of the pace."

"I'm more confident than I've been before, I think the Japanese announcement is incredibly encouraging," de Boer told the Reuters Global Climate and Alternative Energy Summit.
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"If I look at what China is already doing and what it seems to be exploring in terms of further action I think that is, quite honestly, a beacon for all of us," he said.

[Also, China is allegedly a global warming hoax "beacon" while simultaneously building a new coal-fired power plant every week]

However, [China] is building a new coal-fired power plant every week and putting millions of new cars on its growing network of highways.