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State Tipoffs Involving North Carolina Newsletter for Tuesday October 29, 2024 ( 2 items )  

N.C. Gov. Cooper Hosts Japanese Ambassador to U.S., Senior Japanese Business Leaders for 46th Annual Southeast U.S./Japan Conference in Charlotte
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 29 -- Gov. Roy Cooper, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2024: * * * More than 500 leaders from Japan and seven Southeast states attend business meetings at the Charlotte Convention Center * * * Governor Roy Cooper welcomed the Japanese Ambassador to the United States, Shigeo Yamada, to Charlotte and served as the host-state Governor for the annual Southeastern United States/Japan (SEUS/Japan) Economic Development Conference. The co  more

North Carolina State University: When is a Heat Wave Just a Heat Wave, and When is It Climate Change?
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Oct. 29 (TNSres) -- North Carolina State University issued the following news release: When extreme weather events occur, can we tell if they're directly attributable to climate change? A new study used the 2023 heat wave in Texas and Louisiana as a test case for establishing processes that tease out whether particular weather events are climate related. "Our main goal with this project is to be able to tell communities that are affected by extreme weather events wheth  more