US renews threat to leave IEA

Paris, France (AFP) Feb 19, 2026
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright renewed his threat Thursday to pull out of the International Energy Agency, saying Washington would press the organisation to abandon a net-zero agenda "in the next year or so". Speaking on the last day of an IEA ministerial meeting in Paris, Wright said the 52-year-old agency should return to its founding mission of ensuring energy security. The IEA was