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West’s energy can be geopolitical and green
In the long run, it might be better for everyone if the fossil fuel sector were to shrink worldwide. With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompting Western governments to devise energy policies that are both environmentally and geopolitically robust, that thought should help to concentrate minds
Jeffery Frankel 28 Apr 2022

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