Press Release: New EU-US Energy Council to boost transatlantic energy cooperation

A new EU-US Energy Council was launched in Washington on 4 November 2009. The meeting brought together the Commissioners for Energy, Andris Piebalgs, External Relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Research, Janez Potočnik, with the US Secretary for Energy Steven Chu and US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg to launch the EU-US Energy Council. The EU-US Energy Council will provide a new framework for deepening the transatlantic dialogue on strategic energy issues such as security of supply or policies to move towards low carbon energy sources while strengthening the ongoing scientific collaboration on energy technologies.

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European Commission: MEMO/09/490: Q&A: EU-US Energy Council http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/09/490&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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