Bet on Biofuels, Not Russian Gas, Former NATO Chief Tells EU
- Anders Fogh Rasmussen highlights importance of energy security
- EU must end addiction to imported fossil fuels, Rasmussen says
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European Union governments and companies would do better increasing production of renewables than counting on a natural-gas pipeline from Russia to ensure energy security, former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
The 28-nation EU is seeking to guarantee energy flows while cutting greenhouse-gas emissions and improving cross-border gas and power connections. While its leaders endorsed a strategy to build closer ties among member states and cut dependence on imported fossil fuels, nations are divided on a Russian push to extend the Nord Stream gas link to Europe under the Baltic Sea.