EU Russian-Gas Cut Bid Amid Ukraine Crisis Sidelines Climate
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The annexation of Crimea by Russia pushed European Union plans to cut reliance on natural-gas imports from Russia’s OAO Gazprom to the forefront as the bloc held a first debate on 2030 energy and climate policies.
EU leaders today asked the European Commission, the bloc’s executive, to within three months determine ways to diversify energy sources away from Russia -- the main supplier of gas and oil to Europe through Ukrainian pipelines. Leaders of the 28-nation EU delayed a decision on carbon-reduction targets until October at the two-day summit in Brussels.