Is This All a Dream? No, It's Political Reality

2010-10-27T06:47:54Z

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'Empty' climate deal worse than no deal: White House

2010-04-16T08:19:40Z

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 Gibbs, as

EU's Barroso expects U.S. to offer deeper CO2 cuts

2010-04-16T08:19:37Z

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. tal...

US lawmakers rush to end votes to fly to Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:18:00Z

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 a long series of votes in order to catch a plane later Wedn...

Obama 'hopeful' of helping Copenhagen climate deal

2010-04-16T08:20:45Z

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 Gibbs

Obama hopes presence at Copenhagen can help deal

2010-06-25T19:18:27Z

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.

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Lonely senator says Copenhagen necessary for climate action in U.S.

2010-10-22T15:15:43Z

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No plans for US-Russia treaty signing this week: White House

2010-06-25T19:19:48Z

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 in Copenhagen," White House spokesman GOP lawmakers caution Obama against committing to mandatory climate pollution cuts

Even 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, including the top 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.

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U.S. to propose 17 percent emissions cut in Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:37:05Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will pledge to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent by 2020 at a U.N. climate change meeting in December, the White House said on Wednesday.

Obama's negotiating position for the talks in

EU: US should spell out long-term climate goal

2010-06-25T19:38:00Z

EU urges US to spell out long-term climate goal, says climate deal hinges on US, China

The United States should be ready to spell out its long-term vision for reducing carbon emissions over the next two decades, not just until 2020, the European Union said Tuesday.

With two weeks to go before a global...

US to present emissions target at Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:38:34Z

The United States will present an emissions target at upcoming UN climate change talks in Copenhagen, a senior official said Monday, as President Barack Obama mulled whether to attend the conference.

The official refused to be drawn on what that target would b...

US to present emissions target before Copenhagen

2010-06-25T19:38:18Z

The United States will announce a target for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions before the UN climate conference in Copenhagen, removing a major obstacle to a deal, a senior official said Monday.

The official refused to be drawn on specific numbers but the announcement was expected to be in line with legislation...

US Senate to bring climate framework to Copenhagen: Kerry

2010-06-25T19:51:12Z

The US Senate will complete the framework of climate change legislation before next month's high-stakes summit in Copenhagen, Senator John Kerry promised UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday.

"We are engaged in the proc...

Senate Democrats advance climate bill without GOP

2010-06-25T19:57:50Z

Democrats ignore Republican boycott, push climate bill through a key Senate committee

Senate Democrats sidestepped a Republican boycott Thursday, pushing a climate bill out of committee in an early step on a long and contentious road to passage. Other committees still must weigh-in on the measure, but the partisan antics early on threatened to cast a pall over the bill — one of

Merkel to push for climate pact in US Congress

2010-06-25T20:03:41Z

German chancellor to use address to US Congress to urge support for climate pact

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will urge the U.S. Congress to support an international pact to combat climate change in her address to the House and Senate next week.

Merkel departs Monday for a two-day visit to Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Senate will push climate change legislation that would grant, initially at no cost, pollution permits to an array of industries, similar to legislation passed by the H...

Obama meets Afghanistan commander on Air Force One

2010-04-16T10:01:08Z

President Barack Obama met Friday with the commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Stanley McChrystal, aboard Air Force One before flying home from

US shares 'common purpose' at G8 climate talks

2010-06-12T11:16:36Z

The US delegate to Group of Eight climate change talks Thursday offered a "message of common purpose" from President Barack Obama after years of American disengagement on environmental issues.

"I bring from President Obama a message of hope, his message of change, a message of common purpose for the environment," said

UN: Financial crisis delaying green projects

2010-04-16T14:03:44Z

UN climate chief worried financial crisis will lead to 'cheap and dirty' power investments

The global financial crisis already has delayed some green energy projects, stoking fears that a shortage of investment money will lead to cheap and dirty decisions on new power plants, the U.N.'s top climate official said.

But investors should see the crisis as "an opportunity for green growth" as they replac...

Denmark Terror Arrests

2010-12-29T13:31:47Z

Danish Intelligence Service head Jakob Scharf, right, and his Swedish colleague Lars Danielsson, during a press conference, Wednesday Dec. 29, 2010, in Copenhagen. Five men planning to shoot as many people as possible in a building housing the newsroom of a paper that published cartoons of the Copenhagen, Denmark. A local court on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010 ordered police in Copenhagen to pay financial compensation to protesters for mistreating them at last year's climate summit COP15 in Copenhagen . The C...

Climate Conference

2010-11-20T12:01:33Z

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2009 file photo, Danish riot police pushes back protestors during a demonstration outside the Bella Center, the venue of the U.N. climate change conference, in Copenhagen. The disappointment of Copenhagen _ the failure of the annual U.N. conference to produce a climate agreement last year in the Danish capi...

DENMARK HOTEL BOMB

2010-09-13T09:46:20Z

Image from security video released on on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010 by Danish Police of a man arrested, but not yet identified, for setting off a small explosion in a hotel Friday in Copenhagen . Danish police say evidence suggests the French-speaking man could have links to Belgium. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Police)

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Denmark Blast

2010-09-11T08:45:20Z

Copenhagen Police operations chief Joern Aabye tells media that he could not rule out that an act of terrorism had been planned in Friday’s explosion, in Copenhagen, Denmark Saturday, Sep. 11, 2010. Officers arrested a man in a park in central Copenhagen after he was seen ru...

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