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IEA Chief Warns Fracturing Global Order Is Splintering Energy Policy

OilPrice · Irina Slav · last updated
A fracturing in the “global order” is threatening the harmony in energy policies, the head of the International Energy Agency has warned. “We see a fracturing in the global political order in general, and there are, of course, reflections of that on the energy scene. Different countries are choosing different paths in terms of energy and climate change,” Birol told the Financial Times in an interview.  The warning follows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s removal of the so-called endangerment finding,…