Energy Envoy Amos Hochstein Urges Creation of a True Euro-Energy Market, Including Russia
Europe must diversify its energy sources to avoid the threat of Russia again shutting off its gas supply, said Amos Hochstein, the State Department’s Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs. About one-third of Europe’s gas comes from Russia, which has used the supply as a political weapon in its disputes with Ukraine. “It happened in 2006, it happened in 2009, and therefore it happened again in 2014, and there is no reason to believe it will not happen again. The way to prevent it from happening …read more
Source: Atlantic Council