Hello, once again, and welcome. Im Jim Tedder in Washington. Its time to learn and improve your American English and learn about the world at the same time.
Today politics and energy mix. First we will hear how Russia is increasing the price of natural gas in Ukraine. Can the United States come to the rescue?
Then the United Nations says the world must act faster to keep climate change from doing more harm.
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Russia continues to increase the price of natural gas it sells to Ukraine. This has caused some countries to ask if natural gas from the U.S. could help Europe reduce or even end its dependence on Russia for energy. Experts say it would be a few years before such a plan could be put into place.
Jonathan Evans has been watching the story for us.
Russia Continues to Increase Price of Natural Gas
In their home near Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, Svetlana Kuleshova and Yuri Kuleshov say they are being hurt by the increasing cost of natural gas from Russia.
He says it will directly affect our budget. We will simply stop buying all the things we are buying now, because in any case we will be forced to pay the gas bill as we have to at least heat the house in order not to freeze. We will start looking for alternatives, of course.
Many people who live in Europe have the same worries. Ukraine and six other European countries get all of their natural gas from Russia.
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