Republican leaders in the Senate and House have initiated a joint investigation into the International Energy Agency (IEA), a prominent organization influencing major global decarbonization policies. In a recent letter to IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member John Barrasso and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers expressed concerns that the IEA has deviated from its core mission of promoting energy security.
The lawmakers criticized the IEA for allegedly discouraging adequate investment in energy supplies and providing biased assessments of energy and climate proposals. They accused the IEA of transitioning into an 'energy transition cheerleader' rather than maintaining impartiality in its energy modeling.
