Ukraine Crisis Is Connected To Climate & Energy Policy

(By Sonja van Renssen)

Ukraine Crisis Is Connected To Climate & Energy Policy (via Clean Technica)

Originally published on EnergyPost.eu.By Sonja van Renssen Decisions on a new European climate and energy policy for 2030 are relegated to autumn as heads of state are caught up in the Ukraine crisis. At their spring summit in Brussels, EU leaders…

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Hedegaard: “Ukrainian crisis shows we need to reduce our energy dependency”

“Speaking at the EPP Congress in Dublin last week, EU Commissioner for Climate Action said on Friday that recent development in Ukraine show that the EU must reduce its dependency on energy imports.

‘The Ukrainian debate would have been slightly different if we were not that dependent on importing Russian gas,’ Hedegaard said.”