The British government is going to use the G7 meeting in May to urge ministers to focus on diversifying domestic energy networks, such as through shale gas and nuclear power, to pry away Russia’s grip on supplies. UK energy Secretary Ed Davey said that Whitehall will tell G7 ministers that Russia’s consistent use of energy as a geo-political tool holds too many countries to ransom and by ploughing time and money into domestic resources, this will loosen the superpower’s stranglehold over supplies. --Lianna Brinded, International Business Times, 22 April 2014
