Out of time: Climate talks go past deadline over coal, cash

By FRANK JORDANS, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and SETH BORENSTEIN
Associated Press

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Going into overtime, negotiators at U.N. climate talks in Glasgow are still trying to find common ground on phasing out coal, when nations need to update their emission-cutting pledges and, especially, on money. Talks are at a “bit of a stalemate,” and the United States, with support from the European Union, is holding back talks, said Lee White, the Gabonese minister for forests and climate change. U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry Friday night told The Associated Press that climate talks are “working away” after a late night meeting with his Chinese counterpart and before a hallway chat with India’s negotiator.