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Shaping the Americas’ future

 

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 Energy Global,

In the Summer 2025 issue of Energy Global, Glenn Kangisser, Partner, Shu Shu Wong, Counsel, and Grace Kaplow, Associate, Haynes Boone, look at energy trends and transformation across the Americas. This special report lists all the sources used for this article.

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