Read more Copenhagen stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/11499/copenhagen.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:29:19 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74074/leaders-punt-on-copenhagen-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJust 22 days ahead of Copenhagen, President Obama and other leaders have declared that a meaningful and binding international deal is unlikely to come out of the climate change conference. The move, as the New York Times reports, sets the bar much lower and effectively delays the most treacherous issues...http://www.newser.com/story/74074/leaders-punt-on-copenhagen-deal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Nov 2009 12:04:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73517/break-stuff-to-save-the-planet-gore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAl Gore says nonviolent disruption of polluters and airports is justified considering the grave threat posed by climate change. "Civil disobedience has an honorable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role...http://www.newser.com/story/73517/break-stuff-to-save-the-planet-gore.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 06 Nov 2009 16:15:35 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70943/obama-lashed-mcchrystal-in-tense-faceoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's talk last week aboard Air Force One with Afghanistan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal wasn't merely a meeting, as was widely reported in the press, but a dressing down over the general's "shocking" recent comments calling for more troops, says the Telegraph. McChrystal was called on the carpet for...http://www.newser.com/story/70943/obama-lashed-mcchrystal-in-tense-faceoff.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 4:13:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70888/olympics-defeat-how-much-does-it-hurt-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's a big disappointment for Chicago, but how big a hit was yesterday's Olympic Committee put-down of the US's 2016 bid for the president, who stuck his neck out to go to bat for it? Of course Rush Limbaugh said it was huge, the "worst day" of Obama's presidency, and...http://www.newser.com/story/70888/olympics-defeat-how-much-does-it-hurt-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Oct 2009 8:44:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70818/obamas-pick-chicago-most-american-city.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarack and Michelle Obama made an impassioned call today to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago, which the president called the "most American of American cities." In his pitch to the International Olympic Committee in Copenhagen, the president told of how he became "a proud Chicagoan" after a peripatetic childhood...http://www.newser.com/story/70818/obamas-pick-chicago-most-american-city.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 5:11:03 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70756/in-blog-post-white-house-blasts-fox-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIn an unprecedented move, the White House has excoriated one of its most vocal opponents in a blog post ripping Fox News. The post singles out Glenn Beck, saying his "program has shown that nothing is worthy of respect if it can be used as part of a partisan attack...http://www.newser.com/story/70756/in-blog-post-white-house-blasts-fox-news.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 01 Oct 2009 14:26:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70674/michelle-oprah-hit-copenhagen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCopenhagen's star power got a big boost today with the arrival of Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey, in town to push Chicago's bid for the Games. Oprah was greeted with "bad weather for hair" and a throng of fans crying "Oprah! Oprah!" as she walked the streets, notes the Chicago...http://www.newser.com/story/70674/michelle-oprah-hit-copenhagen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 15:05:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70562/steele-let-michelle-make-olympics-pitch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama shouldn’t bother going to Denmark to argue for Chicago's Olympic bid, Michael Steele says; that’s what Michelle’s for. “The first lady would have been and should have been the lead there,” the RNC chair said today. “Let her go and sell Chicago.” He said the intention behind the...http://www.newser.com/story/70562/steele-let-michelle-make-olympics-pitch.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 14:30:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70484/obamas-olympic-lobbying-trip-is-useless-gamble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAside from showing love for his adopted hometown, President Obama’s decision to go to Copenhagen to lobby for Chicago as host of the 2016 Summer Olympics is drawing a chorus of boos from the punditocracy as a gamble that could be embarrassing at best—what if, say, Brazil gets the...http://www.newser.com/story/70484/obamas-olympic-lobbying-trip-is-useless-gamble.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 19:40:17 CDT