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Coal-Friendly Agency Turns Fossil Fuel Foe

As negotiators continue discussions at the Durban climate talks, environmentalists have taken encouragement from the recent proclamations of what, on the face of it, would appear to be an unusual ally.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) http://www.iea.org/ was founded in 1974 in the wake of the 1973-1974 oil crisis, to advise member states of the OECD on related issues of energy security and economic development. In the past, the IEA has taken some criticism for allegedly underestimating the viability of, and need for, alternative energies in favor of more traditional power generation such as coal or nuclear. As recently as January 2009, the Energy Watch Group, a coalition of scientists and politicians set up to analyze official energy industry predictions, accused the IEA of "institutional bias towards traditional sources of energy and using ‘misleading’ data to undermine the case for alternative sources of energy, such as wind and solar."

If that were the case, it certainly is not any longer.

Kieran Mulvaney

Full Story: http://news.discovery.com/earth/coal-friendly-agency-turns-fossil-fuel-foe-111130.html

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