News Brief: KYOTO Protocol at risk

Hey GCC, read this interesting article from Reuters about how the KYOTO Protocol might be at risk. Comments and reactions welcome!
 
Kyoto risks dying, no new climate deal in sight, 2/18/10 
Efforts to extend the Kyoto climate pact framework risk collapse in a setback to years of diplomatic bargains, as chances fade that the United States will join other rich nations in capping emissions. December's U.N. climate conference in Denmark failed to cite the U.N.-brokered Kyoto pact as a touchstone -- sapping hopes for a global carbon price to guide billions of dollars in investments from nuclear plants to solar panels.
Link to full article: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LDE61918P.htm
 
Why do you think there is such resistance on the part of the United States to sign the KYOTO Protocol, and what can we do to change that?