A big blow for “net zero” ambitions
Mar 11, 2022
3 minutes
What’s the issue?
estern nations are scrambling to cut exposure to Russian energy (see page 8), and a rapid shift to green energy is looking ever more like a national security issue. Russia’s war on Ukraine “should motivate us to accelerate our transition to a clean energy future”, tweeted US president Joe Biden on Wednesday. “To protect our economy over the long term, we need to become energy independent” – and clean energy “means tyrants like Putin won’t be able to use fossil fuels as a weapon”. Optimistic climate campaigners foresee a win-win: what could be better than starving the
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