United States at Fault for Deadlocked Climate Talks

The European Union threatened to boycott separate talks proposed by the Bush administration in January because of the United States' unwillingness to cooperate with the current negotiations. The current negotiations are taking place in Bali, Indonesia at a United Nations conference on Global Warming. 190 countries sent delegates to the meeting in the hopes of reaching an agreement on a plan to reduce greenhouse emissions. The Bush administration was largely criticized by Mr. Gore for obstructing the progress in Bali. Mr. Gore urged delegates in his speech to agree on an open-ended deal that could be enhanced after the Bush administration leaves office and the United States policy might change for the better. Also Michael R. Bloomberg mayor of New York criticized both the Bush administration and Congress for not being aggressive enough on the subject of global warming. The talks hosted by the Bush administration scheduled for January are supposed to take place in Hawaii. The main deadlock in the negotiations in Bali consist of whether or not the agreement in Bali should contain numerical targets for emission cuts. China and India are also refusing to accept limits of their emissions even though they are projected to be the top contributors to green house gases.