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HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…Announcement of U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Outer Limits hide Announcement of U.S. Extended Continental Shelf Outer Limits Media Note December 19, 2023 Today, the Department released the geographic coordinates defining the outer limits of the U.S. continental shelf in areas beyond 200 nautical miles from the coast, known as the extended continental shelf […]

HomeOffice of the SpokespersonPress Releases…Joint Statement on Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea hide Joint Statement on Houthi Attacks in the Red Sea Media Note December 19, 2023 The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, High Representative Josep Borrell on behalf of the European Union, Secretary General Jens

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Reuters was first to report that India’s sugar output this crop year, hit by weak rains, is set to lag consumption for the first time in seven years, and lower plantings may even force the world’s No.2 producer to import in the following year. The post Not so sweet: India may need to import sugar

The hard-fought negotiations over how to share the pain from shrinking water supplies will affect tens of millions of people and powerful farming interests. ​The hard-fought negotiations over how to share the pain from shrinking water supplies will affect tens of millions of people and powerful farming interests. The hard-fought negotiations over how to share the

Office of the Spokesperson On December 15, the State Department will host University of Virginia students, who will present their final products for the “Ukrainian Cities Redesigned” Diplomacy Lab project they undertook during the fall 2023 semester.  Students from the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture produced a plan for sustainable redevelopment of the Ukrainian

Green groups have stepped up their attacks on individual projects they say will lock in consumption of fossil fuels for decades. ​Green groups have stepped up their attacks on individual projects they say will lock in consumption of fossil fuels for decades. Green groups have stepped up their attacks on individual projects they say will lock

“There were times in the last 48 hours where some of us thought this could fail,” U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said later. ​“There were times in the last 48 hours where some of us thought this could fail,” U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said later. “There were times in the last 48 hours where some

Former Interior Secretary Babbitt talks about the big meeting in Las Vegas this week and the kind of concessions needed to save the crucial waterway. ​Former Interior Secretary Babbitt talks about the big meeting in Las Vegas this week and the kind of concessions needed to save the crucial waterway. Former Interior Secretary Babbitt talks about

Nations at COP28 in Dubai approved earlier on Wednesday a roadmap for “transitioning away from fossil fuels” – a first for a UN climate conference – but the deal still stopped short of a long-demanded call for a “phaseout” of oil, coal and gas.Nations at COP28 in Dubai approved earlier on Wednesday a roadmap for