Analysis | Can Central Asian gas exporters rely on China?
Apr 26, 2021 7:30:pm
Summary China hopes to reduce energy imports and cut emissions, raising questions about the need for additional gas from Central Asia.
by: Rebeka Foley, Eurasianet
Analysis | Can Central Asian gas exporters rely on China?
Central Asia’s natural gas producers have only one eager buyer: China. And though China has a growing appetite, it has signaled intentions to source more energy domestically. What does this mean for Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan?
A little over a decade ago, China produced enough gas to meet its own demands. These days, it imports about 42 percent of its needs. Central Asia supplies about a third of China’s total gas imports and 15 percent of demand. The rest travels through pipelines from Myanmar (3 percent of total imports) and Russia (3 percent of imports and rising) – or by sea as liquified natural gas, which accounts for over two-th
House GOP Attendance to Joe Biden s Congressional Address Likely to Be Slim Due to Recess
On 4/26/21 at 3:12 PM EDT
As President Joe Biden is set to give his first address before Congress, House Republicans are holding a private retreat in Florida.
The House is not in session, and most lawmakers are working remotely. It s expected that few Republican members will make the trek to Washington to attend Biden s speech on Wednesday.
Biden s address is an invitation-only event due to COVID-19 safety protocols, the
Associated Press reported. The restrictions on guests has the security benefit of limiting the number of people in the Capitol building for the first major indoor event of Biden s presidency, which began two weeks after the January 6 riot. Fencing remains around the U.S. Capitol, and National Guard troops are still there.
Hogan s comments came a day after Sen. Joe Manchin the West Virginia Democrat whose more conservative views give him outsize influence in the politically divided Senate issued his own call for a more targeted approach to infrastructure. I do think they should be separated, because, when you start putting so much into one bill, which we call an omnibus bill, makes it very, very difficult for the public to understand, Manchin said Sunday on CNN s State of the Union.
Manchin one of the 27 political leaders who attended Hogan s summit in Annapolis, Maryland also praised a GOP-backed counteroffer on infrastructure, which is less than one-third the size of Biden s plan and excludes key items.
âGood news for Massachusettsâ: Population tops 7 million, as state keeps 9 congressional seats after 2020 Census
By Matt Stout Globe Staff,Updated April 26, 2021, 2 hours ago
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Bill Galvin, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff
Massachusettsâ population grew to slightly more than 7 million people last year, a 7.4 percent jump from 2010 and a large enough increase to ensure the state keeps its nine seats in the US House of Representatives for the next decade, federal US Census officials announced Monday.
No New England state lost, or gained, seats in their congressional delegation with the U.S. Census Bureauâs long-awaited release of population figures Monday, showing growth nationwide slowed to its second lowest rate in the countryâs history.
India News: The seventh phase of West Bengal assembly elections 2021 peacefully concluded on Monday with an approximate 75.06% of voter turnout till 6pm, the Elec