Russia's role at Bali....

Boy, the environmentalists are going crazy blaming the US for everything...but here's another look...

Russia is to blame for the fact that the agreement contained no figure for the "deep cuts" needed in carbon emissions, The Sunday Telegraph has learned.

In tense negotiations late on Friday, officials of a smaller group of just 12 countries almost agreed a footnote that would have referred to the need for a 50 per cent cut by 2050.

A western official said: "We got to the phrase 'long-term goal' and the Russians set on the whole thing. They would not accept any target, not even in a footnote referring to the science."

Fearful that the Russians were prepared to scupper the whole agreement, other countries backed off.

"That is why it is weak," one source said. "We thought if we did not give in, they would pull it all apart."