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2009-07-03 Russia expects to earn 57 billion rubles ($1.8 bln) annually from oil exports to China.
-- According to Sergei Shmatko, Energy Minister of Russia
2008-11-12 Current global trends in energy supply and consumption are patently unsustainable — environmentally, economically, socially.
-- International Energy Agenc, World Energy Outlook, 2008 Edition
2008-11-11 "We are aware of the concerns and fears expressed by some energy consumers.
There are absolutely no grounds for such fears. We are not establishing a cartel, nor are we striking any cartel deals.
However, energy producers, as well as consumers, have the right to and must coordinate their decisions, exchange information, and do their best to ensure uninterrupted hydrocarbon supplies on global markets."
-- Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of Russia, in response to fears by Western consumers that the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), a group of natural gas producing countries, will manipulate prices
2008-09-10 Anti-government protesters caused a pipeline explosion in Tarija province, southern Bolivia, forcing a 10 percent cut in natural gas exports to Brazil.
-- According to Santos Ramirez, the head of the state energy company
2008-07-17 In India, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee meets Prakash Karat, asks the Left to allow the government to go ahead with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards agreement.
2008-07-17 "That's why I'm proposing today a strategic initiative designed to free us from the crises that are holding us down and to regain control of our own destiny. It's not the only thing we need to do. But this strategic challenge is the lynchpin of a bold new strategy needed to re-power America.

Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.

This goal is achievable, affordable and transformative."
-- Al Gore, speech given at the D.A.R. Constitutional Hall
2008-06-16 “…The answer to our fiscal problems is not to continue to short-change investments in education, energy, innovation and infrastructure — investments that are vital to long-term growth. Instead, we need to end the Iraq war, eliminate waste in existing government programs, generate revenue by charging polluters for the greenhouse gases they are sending into our atmosphere — and put an end to the reckless, special interest driven corporate loopholes and tax cuts for the wealthy that have been the centerpiece of the Bush Administration’s economic policy.”
-– Barack Obama, Speech in Flint, MI
2008-05-06 "First, we need energy to maintain high economic standards and raise them in the largest possible number of countries. Second, energy is the foundation for the world's new future. We can use it to alleviate possible negative consequences of climate change provoked by global warming.
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Energy consumption could be a reason for the warming, but it is also key to solving the problem."
-- Gertjan J. Lankhorst, CEO of GasTerra

2008-01-15 France and the UAE have signed a deal to develop peaceful nuclear energy.
2008-01-06 Israel did cut fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip's only electric plant in half.
The power outages will rotate across Gaza and Gazans will be forced to live without lights and electric heaters for eight hours.

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