EU agrees to reduce its gas usage by 15%

The European Union has agreed to reduce its gas usage by 15% between August 2022 and March 2023. The target is voluntary and will affect each EU country differently. The goal is to get through another winter as the EU weans itself off of Russian energy and Gazprom threatens further restrictions on gas flows. Marco Werman talks over the implications with Ben McWilliams, a research analyst in climate and energy policy at Bruegel, an economic policy think tank in Brussels. 

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