The Copenhagen climate change conference appeared to be imploding from within and exploding from without on Wednesday.
Police fired tear gas, brandished batons and detained more than 200 protesters who tried to push through the security cordon around the Bella Center – as negotiations inside bogged down, for the second time this week, over differences between China and the West over emissions, funding issues and transparency…
Minutes earlier — in a surprise move that captured growing uncertainty over conference – Denmark’s climate minister Connie Hedegaard stepped aside as president, handing the gavel to Rasmussen, as head of the host country…
Minutes after taking the gavel, Rasmussen angrily denounced developing countries for seeking to delay consideration of the text, accusing them of focusing on “procedure, procedure, procedure.”
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