US Renews Threat to Withdraw From IEA Over Climate Advocacy (3)

The US renewed threats to quit the International Energy Agency unless the organization scales back climate advocacy and focuses on energy security.

“We’re definitely not satisfied,” US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Tuesday, ahead of an IEA ministerial meetingopening Wednesday. The agency must complete reforms “for the US to remain a long-term member,” he said.

The Paris-based agency, which was established in response to the 1970s oil crisis, has faced criticism in recent years for the publication of long-term scenarios which factor in more active government policies to shift away from fossil fuels. Republican lawmakers last year sought to ...