Dec 17 GOP Senators Warn that Climate Pledges Must Be OK’d By Quinn Bowman Speaking to the Senate press corps Thursday, a group of Republican lawmakers offered a warning to the Obama administration that any long-term pledge of U.S. money for climate aid at the Copenhagen summit would need approval from Congress. Responding to… Continue reading
Dec 17 U.S. Cash Promise May Propel Climate Talks Forward By Talea Miller FROM COPENHAGEN: As the clock on Copenhagen winds down, an urgent need for compromise is in the air -- but some nations are staying firm on certain conditions for a climate deal. For the U.S., China's willingness to allow international… Continue reading
Dec 17 Thursday’s Headlines: U.S. to Help Build $100 Billion Fund for Climate By Jason Breslow Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks at a press conference Thursday at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen. (Photo by Henning Bagger/AFP/Getty Images.) In a bid to jumpstart stalled talks at the international climate summit in Copenhagen, the… Continue reading
Dec 17 Watch U.S. Looks to Revive Climate Talks With $100B Yearly Pledge The U.S. took an aggressive stance on climate change Thursday at the Copenhagen summit, promising to help raise $100 billion a year for developing nations struggling with the negative effects of global warming. Ray Suarez reports from the talks. Continue watching
Dec 16 FTC Accuses Intel of Stifling Competition The Federal Trade Commission sued Intel* Wednesday, accusing the world's biggest chipmaker of using illegal tactics to stifle its competition. The FTC accused Intel, which supplies about 80 percent of the world's microprocessors, of waging "a systematic campaign… Continue reading
Dec 16 Next 24 Hours Crucial in Copenhagen By Talea Miller FROM COPENHAGEN: Among those looking for a productive end to the climate talks in Copenhagen Wednesday was the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed. Addressing the negotiators, Nasheed asked for some consensus leading into the final days of the… Continue reading
Dec 16 Ray Suarez: A Tough Road to Resolution in Copenhagen By Ray Suarez FROM COPENHAGEN: What world leaders have been calling "unthinkable" all week -- leaving Copenhagen without a comprehensive draft economic for reducing greenhouse gas emissions -- is suddenly thinkable. There are many big agenda items remaining, and the parties… Continue reading
Dec 16 Country Leaders to Bring New Urgency to Climate Talks By Talea Miller FROM COPENHAGEN: The U.S. delegation of negotiators cancelled yet another press conference Wednesday, sparing themselves a head to head match-up with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who was scheduled for a simultaneous -- but separate -- appearance next door. Chavez, meanwhile,… Continue reading
Dec 16 New Climate Draft Causing Backlash in Copenhagen By Talea Miller Updated at 11:07am ET FROM COPENHAGEN: Danish police cordoning off protesters outside the U.N. climate summit weren't the only ones doing damage control Wednesday. Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen took over the presidency of the U.N. climate change… Continue reading
Dec 16 Wednesday’s Headlines: Hundreds Arrested, Issues Linger in Copenhagen --Police push back protesters in Copenhagen on Wednesday, the 10th day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Danish police fired tear gas and arrested more than 200 activists, who accuse negotiators of ignoring their voices. (Photo by Adrian… Continue reading