US aims to end reliance on China; Irish business confidence drops to almost two-year low

Europe must drastically reduce its natural gas consumption in anticipation of what is expected to be a “hard winter” due to the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Dr Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), released commentary today outlining the agency’s perspective on how Europe has managed to reduce its reliance on Russian gas. Though the IEA noted that the EU had succeeded in diversifying its gas supply, demand for gas ...