EU Climate Chief Wants Renewables to Stop Making Putin ‘Rich’
- Timmermans says more investment in clean energy is needed
- Some countries turning citizens against transition, he says
A gas drilling rig on the Gazprom PJSC Chayandinskoye oil, gas and condensate field, in the Lensk district of the Sakha Republic, Russia.
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European Union climate chief Frans Timmermans called on member states to increase investment in renewable energy and eventually wean the continent off Russian gas.
Tensions between the bloc and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been escalating amid accusations that Gazprom PJSC, Russia’s state-owned energy company, isn’t doing more to fill up Europe’s depleted stocks of gas.