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Perhaps the most astounding public assertion of Copenhagen has come from an unlikely source, Senator John F. Kerry (D-Mass.). Kerry, receiving applause from the packed assembly hall, promised of the United States that, “100 percent, we are going to pass major climate and energy legislation that is going to have an impact on emissions.” One does not have to look very far into issues up for debate in Congress to recognize the boldness of this claim, in the midst of a bitter deadlock over health-care reform and the maddening twists of Senator...
President Obama and other world leaders can salvage tangible progress out of the Copenhagen conference today—but the odds have been stacked heavily against their success. Maintaining uniform, reasonable policies will help nations work toward climate-mitigation success. Sweeping statements unmatched by actions, however, will simply spray more carbon dioxide into the embattled atmosphere, not work to protect...
Yesterday, leaders from across the globe joined their negotiators at COP15, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. After a week of conflict, disagreement, and near gridlock, the “pessimistic tone” seemed to lift when U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced America’s support for a global pool of funds to help poor countries that will face negative impacts from global warming. This offer demonstrates a laudable attempt to move the negations forward, although details still remain unclear regarding America’s contribution to the pool. As the conference comes...
...today, however, signing in Copenhagen is the priority. All nations must put pen to paper to ensure that the world moves forward in the fight against climate change...
...major victory in the war against the drug cartels that are wreaking havoc south of the Rio Grande. "This is a crushing strike against one of the most dangerous criminal organizations of the continent," an upbeat President Felipe Calderón said in a televised statement from the Copenhagen climate-change conference on Thursday...