More than 6,000 environmental officials from throughout the world started a new round of United Nations talks this week in Cancun, hoping to reduce global warming. But they are likely to fail, because the world has become a less eco-friendly place in recent months.
Although 2010 will be one of the hottest years in recorded history, and greenhouse gas emissions are expected to reach record highs, there are several reasons why the United States, China and other big world polluters are even less likely to sign a binding deal in Cancun than at last year's failed meeting in Copenhagen.
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