"Police are using tear gas and batons to disperse crowds of protesters trying to disrupt the U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen," the Associated Press reports.
According to the BBC:
Police have fired tear gas as hundreds of protesters tried to break through a perimeter fence at the U.N. climate summit venue in Copenhagen.
The Bella Centre, where the conference is taking place, has now been shut off, says the BBC's Sarah Mukherjee.
The Guardian is live-blogging the news here. It writes that "at least 30 people have been treated for pepper spray exposure and 10 protesters have suffered head wounds from batons, according to (a) regularly-updated blog from Indymedia Danmark."
Reuters is on the story as well.
Earlier, on Morning Edition, NPR's Richard Harris reported about China's refusal to put its commitments about greenhouse gas emissions in writing:
Update at 8:20 a.m. ET. Richard just filed a fresh report for NPR's newscast about the talks themselves. He says that:
With presidents and prime ministers already arriving to give speeches and cut a final deal, negotiators need to have something for the world leaders to sign. Instead, their differences seem to be widening. One of the key issue is long-term financing for the developing world. It's clear that rich nations aren't ready to pledge large amounts of money for the decades to come. ...
The United States and Europe have agreed to a comparatively small short-term fund that would be available immediately. But that quick-start funding would disappear in a few years, and it's not clear what would come next.
President Barack Obama is due to be at the talks on Friday.
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