US Energy Secretary Threatens IEA Withdrawal Over Climate Focus
Sourced from 5 publications
- •Chris Wright threatened Thursday to pull the US from the IEA unless it abandons net-zero climate initiatives within "the next year or so," AFP reported.
- •The confrontation occurred on the final day of IEA ministerial meetings in Paris, highlighting US-European divisions on energy policy.
- •Politico reports the US has succeeded in erasing climate from the agency's immediate priorities, though negotiations continue.
- •The Trump administration specifically opposes the IEA's annual emissions reduction roadmap, according to the New York Times.
- •Bloomberg noted the ministerial meeting ended without unity among the 52-year-old agency's member nations.
Sources
US renews threat to leave IEA
thefrontierpost
US succeeds in erasing climate from global energy body’s priorities
politico.eu
U.S. Tells International Energy Agency to Drop Its Focus on Climate Change
New York Times
IEA Meeting Ends Without Unity as US Pushes to Scrap Net Zero
Bloomberg
Trump sued over dismantled climate rule
The Express Tribune
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