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2006
December 19, 2006: The Pakistan government has formally launched the country’s first policy on renewable sources of energy
December 14, 2006: The Governing Board of the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced that Mr. Nobuo Tanaka Claude Mandil
December 6, 2006: The UK government announce their 'ambition', supported by a tax exemption, that all new homes will be zero energy buildings 2016 .
November 21, 2006: 7 governments sign an agreement to build the ITER tokamak , intended to test the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion power .
October 1, 2006: The Langeled pipeline Norway and the United Kingdom .
September 27, 2006: The Global Warming Solutions Act greenhouse gas emissions in the United States .
September 14, 2006: The British Government issue a prospectus for investors in their proposed national Energy Technologies Institute
August 30, 2006: Six people shot dead while protesting against an open pit coal mine in Phulbari Bangladesh .
August 1, 2006: Former US President Bill Clinton signs an agreement to support the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group Clinton Foundation .
July 31, 2006: The United Nations Security Council demands that Iran suspends uranium enrichment due to continuing concerns over Iran's nuclear power program
July 13, 2006: Oil prices reach a record high of $78.40 per barrel in the oil price increases of 2004-2006
July 1, 2006: The European Union and 9 further European countries sign the ECSEE treaty
June 21, 2006: A Government commission publishes proposals to break Sweden's dependence on oil by 2020 as part of a long term oil phase-out in Sweden
April 11, 2006: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium as part of its resumed nuclear power program
January 1, 2006: Gazprom , the world's largest supplier of natural gas , stops supplying Ukraine in the Russia-Ukraine gas dispute
