EU climate czar: Putin's war accelerated green transition
BRUSSELS (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union's  green transition with his war in Ukraine , with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU's climate czar said Tuesday. 
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### Response: BRUSSELS (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin unwittingly accelerated the European Union's  green transition with his war in Ukraine , with the 27-nation bloc reducing its dependency on Russian fossil fuels and increasing its renewable energy use over the past year, the EU's climate czar said Tuesday. 