Russia

A missed opportunity: EU’s new oil imports are a backdoor to Russia

Instead of reducing oil demand, the EU has replaced Russian imports with oil from other producing nations, and its oil…

Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia to end Russian grid reliance in 2025

The Prime Minister of Estonia has said that the Baltic states will decouple themselves from the Russian power grid in…

Russia-Ukraine war risks hampering transition to global low-carbon economy

Russia’s invasion and continued occupation of Ukraine could disrupt efforts to transition the world to a low-carbon economy due to…

Top ten countries currently developing the most oil and gas fields

When the International Energy Agency (IEA) published its Net Zero by 2050 analysis in 2021, it became clear just how…

Europe’s energy crisis is not over

Last week, the European Commission took a well-deserved victory lap around Brussels on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of…

Half of EU has no mandatory energy-saving measures for next winter – EEB

Despite the ongoing energy crisis, only half of EU member states have mandatory energy-saving measures in place for next winter,…

Explainer: who is responsible for the world’s CO₂ emissions?

There is no single way to measure which country globally is responsible for the most carbon dioxide emissions. One approach…

Poland almost doubles its spending on fossil fuel imports

Poland spent a record 193bn zlotys (€42.9bn) on fossil fuel imports in 2022, nearly double the 100bn zlotys it spent…

Weekly data: European gas price lowest since the start of the energy crisis

The European gas price is the lowest it has been since the beginning of the energy crisis. On 8 May,…

Up to 90% of EU spending to replace Russian gas with green technology could be recouped through fuel savings

Between 40% and 90% of the costs associated with replacing Russian natural gas in Europe with green alternatives could be…