1.   There is something surreal about the climate change talks in Bali.

2.   Washington made a few minor concessions in the climate talks.

3.   Already, these sorts of climate talks are having an impact.

4.   An industry lobbyist who had spent a decade fighting against binding limits on greenhouse gases at climate talks said he was quite confident that the process would break down.

5.   At the site of climate treaty talks in Bonn, Germany, Sunday, a woman read names on a wooden ark built by protesters.

6.   A State Department spokesman confirmed European reports that Secretary of State Colin Powell had requested a two-month delay in the next round of international climate change talks.

7.   Last week the world climate talks in The Hague collapsed.

8.   The Bush letter has generated a number of cables from European governments expressing concern for the fate of the climate talks.

9.   The issue will be debated in the next round of climate talks, scheduled to begin in Buenos Aires in November.

10.   The vice president will not lead the U.S. delegation to the climate talks, nor will he negotiate with other nations on what commitments the conference will make.