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US Pulls the Plug On Copenhagen

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Todd Stern and Hillary Clinton (Photo: EPA) The head US climate negotiator, Todd Stern, and Sen. John Kerry have announced that they are giving up hope of reaching a deal for a new climate change pact at next month's meeting in Copenhagen. Full Article at Treehugger

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  1. We have to be honest in the process and deal with the realities that we don't have time in these four weeks to put the language together and flesh out every crossed t and dotted i of a treaty
    John Kerry – John Kerry SOURCE: Treehugger 2 weeks ago
  2. It doesn't look like it's on the cards for December ... We should make progress towards a political agreement that hits each of the main elements.
    SOURCE: Treehugger 2 weeks ago
  3. What we do not agree with, though, is that we should commit to implement what we promise to do, while major developing countries make no commitment at all
    SOURCE: Mail & Guardian Online 2 weeks ago
  4. It doesn't look like it's on the cards for December. We should make progress towards a political agreement that hits each of the main elements.
    SOURCE: Huffington Post 2 weeks ago
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Cast of Characters

  1. Barack Obama Barack Obama
  2. U.S. Congress U.S. Congress
  3. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  4. U.S. Senate U.S. Senate
  5. U.S. House of Representatives U.S. House of Representatives
  6. U.S. Republican Party U.S. Republican Party
  7. European Union European Union
  8. Kenneth Lieberthal
  9. John Kerry John Kerry
  10. Brookings Institution

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  1. Daniel Cohn-Bendit (L), co-president of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance and former French prime minister Michel Rocard attend the Forum Copenhagen in Paris November 21, 2009.
  2. BRATISLAVA, SLOVAK REPUBLIC - NOVEMBER 18: (L-R) European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, Speaker of the Slovenian National Assembly, France Cukjati and Speaker of the Swedish Riksdag Per Westerberg during a meeting at the Slovak Parliament (NR SR) building on November 18, 2009, in Bratislava,...
  3. FERRYBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 17: The coal fueled Ferrybridge power station generates electricity on November 17, 2009 in Ferrybridge, United Kingdom.
  4. US President Barack Obama (centre R) and Chinese President Hu Jintao (centre L) arrive for a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People November 17, 2009 in Beijing.
  5. JERUSALEM - NOVEMBER 15: A Greenpeace activist, wearing flight attendant uniform, holds a giant boarding pass for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a demonstration calling for his participation in next month's summit on climate change in Copenhagen, outside Netanyahu's office on N...
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (R) makes brief remarks after meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  7. LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 3: Protesters wearing masks of world leaders, Barack Obama, President of the United States, British prime minister Gordon Brown, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pose in front of the Houses of Parliament on November 3, 2009 in London...
  8. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 02: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) meets with Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt in the Oval Office of the White House November 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  9. MOSCOW - NOVEMBER 2: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen hold a joint press conference after their talks November 2, 2009 in Moscow, Russia.