U.S. has responsibility to act as 'emerging energy superpower,' Upton says

U.S. has responsibility to act as 'emerging energy superpower,' Upton says
Washington (UPI) May 16, 2013 - The United States has an obligation as an "energy superpower" to respond to Russian pressure on the Ukrainian gas sector, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., said. Upton, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said threats from Moscow to shut off the supply of natural gas through Ukraine because of lingering debt were shameful. "Threatening to turn off the spigot of natu ... morehttp://www.energy-daily.com/reports/US_has_responsibility_to_act_as_emerging_energy_superpower_Upton_says_999.html