"It's a massacre." An agreement to curb deforestation in developing nations is hitting the rocks at Copenhagen, reports Robert S. Eshelman in The Nation. Conservation advocates are heaping blame upon the U.S. They say America has worked hard excise language from the draft agreement that would prevent existing forests from being converted into palm oil or biofuels plantations, and has also underminded protections for indigenous peoples who reside in those forests. "Basically the trees that Barack Obama is talking about planting are meant to fuel U.S. cars," one advocate told Eshelman.

Blame Canada After years of being the bad guy at international climate talks, the United States is being eclipsed by its neighbor to the north, reports Kate Sheppard for Mother Jones. On Tuesday, leaked documents indicated that Canada's Tory government has never intended to keep its public promises on reducing greenhouse gas pollution. This is on top of attempting to undermine the Kyoto accord, standing by its environmentally destructive oil-from-tar sands industry, and being brutally pranked on Monday by the Yes Men for its regressive climate policies.

Big business’ climate conundrum: lead, follow or obstruct The European renewable energy sector is well-represented in Copenhagen during the talks, but Amercian clean energy companies? Not so much, reports Jonathan Hiskes for Grist. Their relative absence highlights the quandry facing firms worldwide that want to cash in on climate action: the U.S. Congress virtually holds the future of cap-and-trade in its hands, and isn't acting fact on climate policy reform.

Copenhagen: Geoengineering's Big Break? "Attracting almost no attention, Russia may have already conducted the first-ever geoengineering field trial," reports Chris Mooney for Mother Jones. And if a political solution to climate change fails to emerge from the Copenhagen talks, it may boost the prospects for trying techno-fixes instead.

Mayor Bloomberg Covets Denmark's Huge Offshore Wind Farm, Dreams of a New York Version (Video) Treehugger's Alex Pasternack posted this video of New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg talking with The New York Times about visions for offshore wind power in the Big Apple -- from atop a multistory rig amidst the spinning turbines of the world's largest offshore wind farm, Denmark's 209 megawatt Horns Rev 2. "It gives you a feeling for what it will be, I hope, off the Long Island shore," says Mayor Mike.  He and dozens of fellow mayors from around the world are Copenhagen to confab on making their cities into solutions to global warming.

See more of Emily's reports from Copenhagen as part of OnEarth's ongoing coverage.