London Times Says "No Go" on Obama & Copenhagen

GlobeTracker| The London Times is reporting that President Obama will not go to Copenhagen in December but will use his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech to state America’s environmental goals.

Europeans and many Americans will be understandably disappointed but a source close to the Administration said it was “hard to see the benefit” of his going to Copenhagen if there was no comprehensive deal for him to close or sign. Another expert, who did not want to be named, said he would be “really, really shocked” if Mr Obama went to Copenhagen, adding that European hopes about the power of his Administration to transform the climate change debate in a matter of months bore little relation to reality. The comprehensive climate change treaty that for years has been the goal of the Copenhagen conference was now an “unrealistic” prospect, Yvo de Boer, the UN official guiding the process, said last week. via London Times