a panel at the IPCC conference titled "A Global CO2 Tax" took a step that will have a more lasting impact than an empty agreement. It urged the U.N. to adopt taxes on carbon dioxide emissions that would be "legally binding to all nations."

the tax, if levied, would put an especially high burden on the U.S.

The driving force of the environmental movement is not a cleaner planet

but a leftist, egalitarian urge to redistribute wealth.

"A climate change response must have at its heart a redistribution of wealth and resources," Emma Brindal

redistribution would be handled by the Multilateral Adaptation Fund

there would be few if any limits on the U.N.'s ability to move riches from countries that have created and earned them to those that have done neither.