Beijing is under pressure to embrace more environmentally-friendly energy supplies to reduce pollution levels across the country and set a lead in the global fight against climate change.
But when she returned to the U.S., she says, the president under pressure from Republican senators from energy-producing states reversed a campaign pledge to cap carbon emissions.
An EU embargo of Iranian crude would halt around 600, 000 barrels a day of imports, hitting Europe's refiners hard and further tightening markets and inventories, putting upward pressure on oil-futures prices, the International Energy Agency has said.
If energy prices remain near current levels, greater stability in the costs of producing non-energy goods and services will reduce pressure on core inflation over time.
In the now ever-present debates over energy policies, pressure for tougher automotive fuel efficiency standards has elicited an intriguing response from the creative Rep. Dingell, D-Mich.
But in pressure-sensitive paints, excited luminescent molecules dump some of their energy into the oxygen in the air in a way that prevents them from lighting up.
Wales struggled to keep possession as well as they did in the first half, but captain Davies and left wing-back Chris Gunter showed great energy levels to relieve some pressure by darting down the flanks.
Such an interest could easily be translated into pressure for further expansion of Western government loans, guarantees, and energy-related assistance to Moscow lest the Soviet Union have its access to private credit markets curtailed by the course of deepening economic and political crises.
Over the past 12 months the share price of Vestas has collapsed almost 60%, and despite a short-lived rally in September, remains under pressure as fears surrounding the green energy sector continue to weigh.
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Pressure from environmentalists persuaded the Bush-Quayle administration to drop hydro incentives in the Energy Policy Act of 1992, and both the Sierra Club and Trout Unlimited criticized the Clinton-Gore administration that followed for including it as a global warming prevention strategy.
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"The great nation of Iran will never bow to pressure and intimidation vis-a-vis its inalienable right to peaceful uses of nuclear energy, " he said.
In the months ahead, pressure will likely intensify to offer large-scale assistance to the Soviet Union to help it overcome its energy production bottlenecks.
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Jones's record has been criticised but ahead of Saturday's EDF Energy Cup final against Leicester, the under-fire coach insists he "enjoys the pressure".
The Government has come under increasing pressure from trade unions and Labour backbenchers to help poorer families deal with the rising cost of energy via a one-off tax on the profits of utility companies.
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