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Chris Wright: “For the US to remain a long term member, [the IEA] has to…”

Featuring: Chris Wright, Republican | Secretary of Energy | National

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🇺🇸 Conference with Chris Wright, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy

Published | Video Starts at 47:42

As they said, energy is the infrastructure of the world. It's very important. I don't want two energy agencies. I love having three. But that iea, For the US to remain a long term member, [the IEA] has to finish the reform. As you just said, so much of what they do is they're the, I call it the 53rd Climate Advocacy Organization. We got a million of those. (47:42–47:48)

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Asserts that the US requires IEA reforms to remain a long-term member.

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