COP15...party on America

After accepting his Nobel Peace Prize and noting the irony of it in his speech, President Obama heads to the climate negotiations in Copenhagen today. The likelihood of useful language leaving his lips is unlikely but I wanted to share with you this chart from the NY Times which breaks down the different stakeholders at the talks and what they are hoping to achieve.

I am not expecting a lot to come out of the talks, especially from the American contingent. Most probably can't tell you which Scandanavian country Copenhagen is in.


But, if you want to use your brain and help out, there is something you can do.

You can sign up for the Energy Action Coalition Rapid Response team here. There are only a few days left. Make a couple phone calls and feel better! And, if you're sick of seeing protesters get arrested and want to know what's really going on, check out live video coverage and tweet feeds at theuptake.org.

I keep telling myself we will get what we want, with or without a strong international treaty.

An update on the awesome work of MassPowerShift here. Good work Dan!