Protests compound Argentinaâs gas woes
Efforts to raise Vaca Muerta production face financial and strike action hurdles
Argentinaâs gas producers were already struggling to meet targets pledged in the countryâs new incentive schemeâdubbed Plan Gas.Arâwith capex scaled back and limited drilling activity last year. But protests in the Vaca Muerta shale basin by Argentinaâs main oil and gas union are set to further slow production growth. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
Upstream workers are demanding better pay as a result of Argentinaâs rampant inflation, while the government is struggling to meet its debts. The IMF loaned the country a record $57bn in 2018 to help balance the books, and President Alberto Fernandez has since been scrambling to renegotiate payments.
The science is undeniable : Biden and Kamala Harris promise to slash US carbon emissions in HALF by 2030 in virtual climate summit with Putin, Xi Jinping and 38 other world leaders
President Joe Biden issued a call to action to world leaders, asking them to work together to combat climate change as he kicked off Climate Summit The signs are unmistakable. The science is undeniable. The cost of inaction is mounting, Biden said in his opening remarks
Biden vowed the US would do its part, pledging the country will cut emissions blamed for climate change by 50 to 52 percent by 2030
All 40 world leaders invited were in attendance
Biden will announce the ambitious plans in a virtual Earth Day summit
The Zoom meeting will include 40 leaders from across the world and The Pope
US target aims to challenge the world on increasing ambition and combatting the climate crisis
Biden s action raises the pressure on China - the world s largest carbon emitter
Obama had pledged to cut emissions by upto 28% by 2025
Biden has made climate change a focus of his $2trillion infrastructure package
Russian President Vladimir Putin was left awkwardly on screen after French President Emmanuel Macron was cut off because of a technical glitch at the Climate Summit Thursday.
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