FILE - The sun begins to set behind crude oil tanks and a pumpjack, July 5, 2022, in Midland, Texas. The IEA’s annual world energy outlook, which analyzes the global picture of energy supply and demand, was released Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)
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Gaza has oil markets on edge. That could build more urgency to shift to renewables, IEA head says
Tensions from the war in Gaza could help accelerate the move away from planet-warming fossil fuels like oil and gas and toward renewable energy, electric cars and heat pumps — similar to how sharp increases in the price of oil during the 1970s unleashed efforts to conserve fuel, the head of the International Energy Agency said.