Climate deal fails to lift delegates' mood
Saturday, December 19, 2009 - 03:35
in Mathematics & Economics
U.S. officials sought to put an upbeat spin on the agreement in Copenhagen. But others contend that the nonbinding pact 'is very far from what many countries need for survival.' It was close to midnight Friday, and a few delegates from the South Pacific island of Tuvalu sat grim-faced in front of a conference hall TV screen watching President Obama defend the new...