'Despite this overwhelming evidence, European politicians are still falling for the fossil fuel industry's greenwashing, calling gas the 'bridging fuel' that will eventually lead to clean energy.'
, a collection of measures which aims at 'reducing Europe's reliance on Russian gas by diversifying supply, energy savings and a faster rollout of renewables'.
The problem is that all these measures will achieve is to substitute Russian gas with gas from other sources: Europe will still rely on this climate killer. This is evident from the EU's proposal to assign gas a 'green label' in the EU taxonomy. A green label for fossil gas will translate into streamlined investment into further gas infrastructure in Europe. Investing more public money into fossil gas will create a lock-in effect.
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