BALI, Indonesia (Reuters) - The United States said on Monday it would seek a new global deal to fight climate change after Australia's move to ratify the Kyoto Protocol isolated it as the only developed nation outside the current U.N. pact.

"We're not here to be a roadblock," U.S. delegation leader Harlan Watson said on the opening day of a December 3-14 meeting of almost 190 nations in Bali, Indonesia, seeking to agree a roadmap to work out a successor to Kyoto which runs to 2012.

BALI (Reuters) - Climate talks launched in Bali on Monday must assure investors of future government backing for climate-friendly energy and building projects, said the host of the meeting, Indonesia's Environment Minister Rachmat Witoelar.

The talks in Bali, attended by some 190 countries, will try and lay the foundations for a new climate change deal in time to replace or extend the Kyoto Protocol from 2013.

A key challenge will be to entice business to invest in cuts in greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for climate change.

BALI, Indonesia (Reuters) - Australia won an ovation at the start of U.N.-led climate change talks in Bali on Monday by agreeing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, isolating the United States as the only developed nation outside the pact.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Oil bounced back above $89 a barrel on Monday, steadying from last week's near $10 slide, but Asian stock markets took a breather after posting their best weekly gain in more than three months.

Tokyo, Escondito, Calif. - Oak Creek Energy Systems, Inc., announced today that it has received approval by a majority vote of its shareholders to allow Marubeni Corporation of Japan (MARUBENICORP 8002) to acquire a controlling interest. The transaction will occur through a $16.6 million equity investment in Oak Creek Holdings, Inc., a newly formed parent holding company. Oak Creek, a leading California renewable energy company in development, construction and operation of wind energy projects, will also enter into a Development Agreement which will give it the opportunity to be Marubeni's exclusive wind energy development partner for North America.

Tokyo, Escondito, Calif. - Oak Creek Energy Systems, Inc., announced today that it has received approval by a majority vote of its shareholders to allow Marubeni Corporation of Japan (MARUBENICORP 8002) to acquire a controlling interest. The transaction will occur through a $16.6 million equity investment in Oak Creek Holdings, Inc., a newly formed parent holding company. Oak Creek, a leading California renewable energy company in development, construction and operation of wind energy projects, will also enter into a Development Agreement which will give it the opportunity to be Marubeni's exclusive wind energy development partner for North America.