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Obama Sticks to Guns, Says Copenhagen Accord Is ‘Important Breakthrough’ [video]

0 by Timothy B. Hurst on December 19, 2009

After the two-week long UN COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen ended in a sketchy "deal" that didn't win final approval from the Conference of the Parties, President Obama told reporters in the White House press briefing room that "this important breakthrough lays the foundation for international action in the years to come." Despite reports that the COP had come to terms on agreement on Friday night, that agreement fell apart over night as a small group of developing countries blocked the draft Copenhagen Accord.

Category: Climate Change | Tags: Climate Change, cop15, copenhagen, copenhagen accord, obama, Video

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Timothy Hurst is the founder and editor of ecopolitology and executive editor of theLiveOAK Media Network. He writes mostly about energy and environmental politics, clean tech and green business -- but has a habit of covering music festivals in the summer. When not reading, writing, or talking about environmental politics to anyone who will listen, Tim likes to ski, hike with his aging lab and get dirty in his Colorado veggie garden.