EU States Want Faster Green Talks to Cut Russian Energy Reliance
- Group of EU nations urge action on renewables, energy savings
- EU seeks to reduce energy dependence on Russia amid war
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A coalition of European Union states led by Denmark called for faster talks about a massive green transformation as the best way to end the region’s dependence on Russian energy following the invasion of Ukraine.
EU governments began negotiating reforms to meet a stricter 2030 emissions-reduction goal last year, before the war that prompted some countries, such as Poland, to seek to slow the overhaul. The new push by ministers from 11 member states aims to ensure that the EU sticks to its ambitious green plans while weaning itself off fossil fuels, which it relies heavily on Russia for.