Obama touts climate deal by 5 nations
But many parties unhappy as conference misses goals
Posted: December 19, 2009 at 5:43 a.m.
Climate summit delegates and journalists crowd around a television Friday in Copenhagen to hear President Barack Obama announce a five-nation agreement on curbing greenhouse gases. Obama added that hammering out a legally binding global treaty will be “very hard.”
President Barack Obama announced Friday night that five major nations, including the United States, had together forged a climate deal. He called it “an unprecedented breakthrough” but acknowledged that it still fell short of what was required to combat global warming.
Interactive
This story is only available from the archives. Click here to contact the online desk.
Front Section, Pages 1 on 12/19/2009
(Advertisement)
« Previous Story
UCA set to rework athletics salaries
The University of Central Arkansas plans to start a gradual, two year reorganization process in July under which athletic department employees will no longer get part of th... Read »
Next Story »
State’s jobless rate dips to 7.4%
A lessening of layoffs and the addition of seasonal jobs helped to push the Arkansas unemployment rate down tw... Read »
Comments
To report abuse or misuse of this area please hit the "Suggest Removal" link in the comment to alert our online managers. Please read our comment policy.
Use the comment form below to begin a discussion about this content.
Registration is required to make comments. Click here to LOGIN.
You can register for FREE to post comments and receive alerts.