US admits it expects Copenhagen Treaty to be delayed until 2010

James S Murray
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But officials insist they are still hopeful for a "binding and real political agreement" next month

The final nail in the coffin of hopes that a legally binding climate change treaty will be agreed at the UN's Copenhagen Summit was hammered in yesterday when US officials revealed they did not expect...

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