COP15 is officially open!

BELLA CENTER, COP15, COPENHAGEN, DENMARK -- The COP15 was officially declared open this morning with the election of a new COP President and advisers, after speeches by the Prime Minister of Denmark, Mayor of Copenhagen, Chair of the IPCC, and Executive Director of the UNFCCC. More to come later, but for now, check out:

The Guardian: Copenhagen: The African dilemma

BBC: Copenhagen summit urged to take climate change action

BBC: Copenhagen in graphics

BBC: Copenhagen in pictures

CNN: Key global climate talks begin in Copenhagen

More to come!

UPDATE: My article is featured on G-1 Billion has just posted for today... check it out!
G-1 Billion: COP15 is open for business!

ALSO, I have now had over 1,000 blog views - thank you all very much for your support!

UPDATE 2: Back at the hostel now... CNN producers contacted me requesting the picture I had uploaded to G-1 Billion, so I sent it in and here you go:

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-365804

Pretty cool! Apparently it already has been used, though I'm not sure where - if you see it on the CNN website send me the link! They also are profiling me and so more pictures/videos should be up hopefully in the next week.

In the meantime, a HUGE STORY just broke out of the US, basically allowing Obama to sign onto a deal here in Copenhagen WITHOUT the approval of Congress. The Supreme Court earlier ruled that climate change could be an executive decision if the EPA ruled greenhouse gases threaten human health. Well, they did that today...

BBC: US to regulate greenhouse gas emissions:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8400323.stm