Although they postponed reaching a final agreement, European Council president Herman Van Rompuy says that the Council will have a deal on a new climate and energy framework “no later than October 2014”.
EU minds have been focused on reducing their dependence on Russian energy.
Longer-term, that means boosting “indigenous supplies”, which include renewable energy and shale gas, exploring how much US gas could be shipped to Europe, and before that looking to the Gulf for liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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