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Obama to plead US case at global warming summit

Quick ReadObama will commit to US greenhouse emission cuts, personally making US case in Copenhagen

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will commit the United States to substantial cuts in greenhouse gas pollution over the next decade — despite resistance in Congress over higher costs — when he travels to a major climate conference in Copenhagen next month.

Obama will attend the start of the conference Dec. 9 before heading to Oslo to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He will "put on the...

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