Climate takes back seat at APEC - International Business Times -

"I wouldn't really expect major progress. I think it's going to be overwhelmed by trade, financing," said Changhua Wu, Greater China Director for think tank The Climate Group.

She pointed to the depressing mood that had settled over the Copenhagen talks process and the huge range of unresolved issues.

"I think we could see greater emphasis on macroeconomic stability in general this year," said Leong Wai Ho, senior regional economist at Barclays Capital in Singapore.

U.S. solar stocks knocked by German demand fears - International Business Times -

LOS ANGELES - U.S.-listed solar shares sank on Monday, cutting into gains earlier this month as investors feared Germany's new coalition government could trim support for the industry.

North Wyo. Sugar Beets Worse Than First Thought - cbs4denver.com

POWELL, Wyo. (AP) ― Many sugar beet fields in northern Wyoming sustained more severe damage from an early frost than previously thought.
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Agriculture officials estimate losses from the freeze could surpass $12 million, and a federal disaster declaration was being sought.

Storm could follow calm in EU carbon [scam] market - International Business Times -

LONDON - The European carbon market is bracing itself for a storm as another wave of selling by industrial companies is anticipated at the end of December or early January.

"Concerns over industrial surplus are so huge that all financial institutions are nervous," an emissions trader said.

BusinessWorld Online: Climate impasse

Interestingly, President Arroyo has broken with the developing country bloc in the ongoing climate change negotiations and has essentially adopted the US position that the rich industrialized countries should be permitted to (voluntarily) set their own individual commitments on greenhouse gas emissions cuts. Could this somewhat slavish adoption of the American stance have anything to do with something Mrs. Arroyo might ask of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her visit to Manila today? One can only speculate.