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US Energy Secretary Threatens IEA Withdrawal Over Climate Focus

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  • 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.

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