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Pittsburgh to host meeting of world's energy ministers

2022 Clean Energy Ministerial and ministerial for Mission Innovation scheduled for Sept. 21-23 in Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh to host meeting of world's energy ministers

2022 Clean Energy Ministerial and ministerial for Mission Innovation scheduled for Sept. 21-23 in Pittsburgh

today, I'm announcing the next steps to reduce us methane emissions. We're proposing to new rules, one through our Environmental Protection Agency, that's going to reduce methane losses from new and existing oil and gas pipelines, and one through the Department of Transportation to reduce wasteful and potential dangerous leaks from natural gas pipelines. They have authority over that area. We're also launching a new initiative to work with our farmers and our ranchers to reduce climate smart agricultural practices and reduce methane on farms, which is a significant source as well. And this is all part of our new methane strategy which focuses on reducing the largest source of methane emissions while putting thousands, thousands of skilled workers on the job all across the United States. And I expect in your country as well, this isn't just something we have to do to protect the environment in the future. It's an enormous opportunity, enormous opportunity for all of us, all of our nations to create jobs and make meeting climate goals a core part of our global economic recovery as well. The United States is eager to work with each of you to make sure we meet this goal and encourage more countries, more countries to join us in committee to reducing methane globally because they're more that can join and should
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Pittsburgh to host meeting of world's energy ministers

2022 Clean Energy Ministerial and ministerial for Mission Innovation scheduled for Sept. 21-23 in Pittsburgh

Energy ministers from around the world will gather in Pittsburgh next year, the U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday, as nations meet to collaborate on ways to advance clean energy and fight climate change.The 31 nations involved in the three-day Clean Energy Ministerial and the ministerial for Mission Innovation next Sept. 21-23 in Pittsburgh emit the lion's share of the world's greenhouse gases.The meetings "represent an opportunity to lock in climate commitments through big bets on innovation that empower an energy transition by 2050 - averting the worst effects of climate change and supercharging economic opportunities for the global workforce," Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said in a statement.The Pittsburgh area is still home to some of the steel mills that built it, but it also is a hub for natural gas production, as well as robotics, energy research and self-driving cars.Granholm said Pittsburgh "exemplifies how a legacy energy and industrial-dependent economy can be transformed into a technology and innovation powerhouse."The last two meetings were held virtually, this year's hosted by Chile and last year's hosted by Saudi Arabia.

Energy ministers from around the world will gather in Pittsburgh next year, the U.S. Department of Energy said Thursday, as nations meet to collaborate on ways to advance clean energy and fight climate change.

The 31 nations involved in the three-day Clean Energy Ministerial and the ministerial for Mission Innovation next Sept. 21-23 in Pittsburgh emit the lion's share of the world's greenhouse gases.

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The meetings "represent an opportunity to lock in climate commitments through big bets on innovation that empower an energy transition by 2050 - averting the worst effects of climate change and supercharging economic opportunities for the global workforce," Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm said in a statement.

The Pittsburgh area is still home to some of the steel mills that built it, but it also is a hub for natural gas production, as well as robotics, energy research and self-driving cars.

Granholm said Pittsburgh "exemplifies how a legacy energy and industrial-dependent economy can be transformed into a technology and innovation powerhouse."

The last two meetings were held virtually, this year's hosted by Chile and last year's hosted by Saudi Arabia.

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