Topic: Copenhagen
We had a very popular, newly elected president demanding that a comprehensive energy bill be passed before Copenhagen; we had a bi-partisan group of congressional leaders pushing for a cap and trade bill; and we an American public generally supportive of it ...
An "empty" climate deal at UN talks in Copenhagen would be worse than reaching no deal at all, a White House spokesman said Thursday. "Coming back with an empty agreement would be far worse than coming back empty handed," said spokesman Robert ...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Thursday he expected the United States would raise its offer to cut climate-warming emissions at U.N. talks in Copenhagen. "I really expect them to announce something more," Barroso told reporters. "President ...
Leading US lawmakers including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were poised to make a dash for the Copenhagen climate talks as they rushed to try to complete key votes Wednesday.As the clock ticked down, Democratic and Republican lawmakers were hoping to polish off ...
US President Barack Obama is hopeful that by traveling to Copenhagen he can help push nations towards a breakthrough on a climate deal, a White House spokesman said on Wednesday. "The president is hopeful that his presence can help," said spokesman Robert ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama hopes his presence at a climate change summit in Copenhagen can help lead to a strong operational agreement, the White House said on Wednesday.Spokesman Robert Gibbs said the White House wanted to ensure that any agreement ...
Not a lot of U.S. Senators will make the trek to the United Nations' climate summit here-a delegation led by California Sen. Barbara Boxer will stay home to focus on the ongoing health care debate while arch-contrarian Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) stopped ...
The White House said Tuesday it had no current plans to sign a landmark nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia in Copenhagen, or anywhere else this week, following reports a deal was near. "We are not planning currently for a signing ceremony ...
GOP lawmakers caution Obama against committing to mandatory climate pollution cutsEven as he prepares to argue for action at the international climate conference, President Barack Obama is getting some reminders of the domestic political divide and anxiety over climate change.Twenty congressional Republicans, ...
US President Barack Obama has changed his plans and will now be at the UN climate conference on December 18, at the climax of talks in Copenhagen, rather than next week, the White House said Friday.White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said ...
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