Associated Press: Barack Obama’s upcoming presidency has infused a sense of hope in the current U.N. climate talks that the United States – one of the world’s biggest polluters – may soon emerge as a global leader in saving the planet from environmental disaster. Yet his election has also brought paralysis to this massive U.N. climate conference in Poznan, because most countries don’t see the point in talking to delegates from President George W. Bush’s lame-duck administration. “The immediate …