Top US government officials pointed to significant challenges ahead to get the world on track for a net-zero emissions future and to rein in soaring prices at the pump and elsewhere as inflation no longer looks to be a short-term problem. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now But they also expressed confidence in the efforts the federal government is taking to address these issues and offered a hopeful outlook for the future at the Reuters NEXT virtual global conference, held Dec. 1-3. “This is very much a work in progress,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Dec. 3 as the Biden administration nears the end of its first year in office. And the pandemic is continuing to […]