Finally doing what I can about the Copenhagen climate talks

I Skyped with a good friend who is in Copenhagen participating in the climate negotiations today. She told me she woke up crying.

Yesterday, a large group of some 70 developing countries walked out of the climate talks because they felt that an unfair responsibility for carbon reductions was falling on poor countries. Luckily, they came back. But rich countries like ours are simply not doing enough.

There are so many obstacles to a meaningful treaty resulting from these talks. That's why my...