Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm speaks during a meeting with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles, and European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson at the State Department in Washington, U.S., February 7, 2022. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS March 8 (Reuters) – The United States will not pressure allies to follow its actions when it comes to banning Russian oil and energy imports, U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said on Tuesday. “We (the U.S.) don’t rely that much on Russian oil and we don’t rely on Russian gas at all. We know that our allies across the world may not be in that same position. And so we are not asking them to do the same thing,” Granholm told CNBC in an interview. U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday imposed an immediate ban on Russian oil and other energy […]

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