Greed and Climate Change: Greed will cause UN climate change negotiations to end this weekend in Doha, Qatar without agreement. The negotiations were made possible following an agreement last year that committed all nations to make reductions in emissions. However, developing countries are making several demands -- including that their development needs obviate the ability to make commitments equivalent to the rich countries -- and they want rich countries to increase by 30 percent the amount of subsidies they are paying to help developing countries adapt to climate change. American negotiators are pointing toward the U.S. fiscal cliff and saying "no way." Meanwhile, India is refusing to reduce the methane and other emissions caused by it...

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