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U.S. Energy Department Roundtable on Energy Security
17.06.2008
On Tuesday, June 3, PSSI hosted a roundtable on energy security with representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. delegation included Carol Dumaine, Deputy Director for Energy and Environmental Security, Alexander C. Goodale, Deputy Director for Intelligence, and Manolis R. Priniotakis, Energy Security Division. The discussion mainly focused on issues connected with the undue dependency of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) on Russian natural gas and oil. Other issues included an innovative approach to energy development, environmental safeguards, enhanced security of supplies and the need for identifying potential interdisciplinary solutions. Among the points analyzed were the sharp spike in oil prices and the connectivity with the weak dollar, tight supplies, climate change, continued geopolitical volatility in the Middle East and the added burden of China’s and India’s voracious demands for energy.
