GOP finds leverage in climate fight with Obama: Funding

The Washington Examiner reports:

Obama administration officials admitted Thursday that their grand plans for a climate deal in Paris this year are in jeopardy because the Republican Congress has so far refused to provide any seed money for the venture.

The administration's goal has been to build up a "green" climate fund at the United Nations. That fund has become a sticking point in the talks leading up to Paris, and some foreign leaders have warned that a global deal on climate change is in jeopardy because of lagging commitments from countries to the fund.

Funding does control everything.