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Greenpeace- and Copenhagen-related news have slowed dramatically. The only major Greenpeace story is the continued coverage of the arrest of the red carpet activists. Spanish paper El Mundo reports that a huge card signed by thousands will be delivered today to the Danish Embassy to ask for the release of Juan Lopez de Uralde, and a reporter at El País published an opinion piece stating that it is world leaders who should have been held in Copenhagen rather than Greenpeace activists. Danish media reports that the Spanish government, as well as several Greenpeace offices are lobbying for the activists' release. One article quotes Greenpeace campaigner Jan Søndergård, who states that it is difficult not to perceive this case as punishment without trial. Another quotes a Greenpeace statement that the punishment is disproportionate. All are fairly balanced in tone.
In non-Greenpeace news:
Reuters reports that Brazil will make its 2020 greenhouse gas emissions targets legally binding even though global climate talks failed this month. "We will fully comply with the targets. It doesn't matter that Copenhagen didn't go as well as we had hoped," Environment Minister Carlos Minc told reporters after meeting with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
AFP reports that South Korea is seeking a nuclear power plant contract in Turkey following its landmark US$20.4 billion deal with the United Arab Emirates.
AP reports that some 125 pilot whales died in New Zealand after stranding on beaches over the weekend - but vacationers and conservation workers managed to coax 43 others back out to sea.