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Goodbye Russian gas, hello rapid decarbonisation

We must cut Russian fossil fuel imports and change our energy use, to combat both the cost of living crisis and the global climate crisis

Goodbye Russian gas, hello rapid decarbonisation
17 May: UK police patrol Greek tanker carrying Russian diesel | (c) Martin Dalton / Alamy Stock Photo. All rights reserved
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Three months into the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine, European politicians and officials are working out plans to reduce fossil fuel imports from Russia to zero.

This week, the European Commission published a plan to end Russian gas imports by 2027. Climate campaign groups say it can be done much sooner.

This is a historic turning point. Gas imports from Russia started in the 1960s and came to symbolise not only a flourishing trading relationship with Europe, but also a geopolitical partnership that survived the break-up of the Soviet Union in 1991.