U.N. Chief Warns Rush for Fossil Fuels Amid Russia Crisis Will 'Knee-Cap' Climate Goals
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U.N. Chief Warns Rush for Fossil Fuels Amid Russia Crisis Will 'Knee-Cap' Climate Goals
FRANK JORDANS / AP - 5h ago
(BERLIN, Germany) Countries scrambling to replace Russian oil, gas, and coal supplies with any available alternative may fuel the worlds mutually assured destruction through climate change, the head of the United Nations warned Monday.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the all-of-the-above strategy now being pursued by major economies to end fossil fuel imports from Russia because of its invasion of Ukraine could kill hopes of keeping global warming below dangerous levels.
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Germany, one of Russias biggest energy customers, wants to increase its supply of oil from the Gulf and speed up the building of terminals to receive liquefied natural gas.
In the United States, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki earlier this month said the war in Ukraine was a reason for American oil and gas producers to go get more supply out of the ground in our own country.
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