Climate & Environment

Irony and inconsistency in EU’s move away from Russian gas, Green MEP says

Europe is sourcing fuel from dodgy regimes in effort to reduce reliance on Russian imports, Ciarán Cuffe says

Ciarán Cuffe: ‘We need to completely move away from Russian fossil fuels, and that does require other fossil fuels from often dodgy regimes.’ Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie

Ironies and inconsistencies mark the European Union’s fuel policy as it ceases to import Russian fossil fuel under sanctions imposed following the country’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Ciarán Cuffe.

The Green MEP for Dublin has raised concerns over the importation of oil and gas from regimes with questionable human rights records.

“We need to completely move away from Russian fossil fuels,” Cuffe told the Business Post. “And that does require other fossil fuels from ...