{"id":1686964,"date":"2022-10-12T15:50:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T19:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1686964"},"modified":"2022-10-12T15:50:34","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T19:50:34","slug":"politico-europe-credits-vladimir-putin-for-ushering-in-the-green-revolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/politico-europe-credits-vladimir-putin-for-ushering-in-the-green-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico Europe Credits Vladimir Putin For Ushering In The Green Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolitico-europe-credits-vladimir-putin-for-ushering-in-the-green-revolution%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1686964&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Politico Europe credited Russian President <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/key-bridge-spanning-russia-crimea-blown-up-in-likely-suicide-bombing-on-putins-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> for forcing the world to move toward green energy alternatives when he invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/list\/green-28-class-of-2023-the-ranking\/vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published a list<\/a> referred to as the \u201cGreen 28,\u201d naming the 28 most influential European figures in the ongoing push to address climate change by adopting renewable energy sources \u2014 and Putin topped the list, although it was clear that his influence was far less intentional than many of the others.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It took a war criminal to speed up Europe\u2019s green revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Putin\u2019s brutal invasion of Ukraine has forced Europe to finally break its fossil fuel addiction.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, he has topped our inaugural <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/POLITICOGreen28?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#POLITICOGreen28<\/a> list.<\/p>\n<p>Read more here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JRDcxqQTG7\">https:\/\/t.co\/JRDcxqQTG7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3AuZDs8RVn\">pic.twitter.com\/3AuZDs8RVn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 POLITICOEurope (@POLITICOEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POLITICOEurope\/status\/1580221617463971841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt took a war criminal to speed up Europe\u2019s green revolution. Vladimir Putin\u2019s brutal invasion of Ukraine has forced Europe to finally break its fossil fuel addiction,\u201d the outlet tweeted. \u201cFor this reason, he has topped our inaugural #POLITICOGreen28 list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy invading Ukraine and manipulating energy supplies to undermine European support for Kyiv, Russian President Vladimir Putin has achieved something generations of green campaigners could not \u2014 clean energy is now a fundamental matter of European security,\u201d the article began.<\/p>\n<p>It went on to detail how Russia\u2019s late-February invasion of Ukraine had first driven gas prices upward and then driven the political conversation toward a dramatic pivot to green energy alternatives.<\/p>\n<p>The issue \u2014 which former President Donald Trump had warned European leaders of while he was in office \u2014 was that the European energy sector was heavily dependent on Russian oil and gas. That dependency made them intensely vulnerable to price spikes in the near term \u2014 but also put lives at risk if Putin were to decide some winter month to cut off the supply.<\/p>\n<p>Simone Tagliapietra, a research fellow at the Brussels-based think tank Bruegel, agreed that Russia\u2019s invasion had at least sparked the turning point, saying, \u201cWe will look back at this situation in 10 years time and see, OK, that was the moment where we really got serious about the green transition and we really had the big green acceleration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putin\u2019s overall influence on the change was rated 19\/30 \u2014 9\/10 for power, 10\/10 for reach, and 0\/10 for vision \u2014 \u201cPutin stands as a monument to the epic effect of unintended consequences,\u201d the article concluded.<\/p>\n<p>But not everyone agreed with Politico\u2019s assessment.<\/p>\n<p>David Harsanyi, senior editor at The Federalist, responded, \u201cGermany just shut down its most effective \u2018clean\u2019 energy source, nuclear, and ramped up its coal use. What are you even talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Germany just shut down its most effective &#8220;clean&#8221; energy source, nuclear, and ramped up its coal use. What are you even talking about? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oIkjdfJL6k\">https:\/\/t.co\/oIkjdfJL6k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/status\/1580269618706276353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Writer Robert Bryce suggested a retraction \u2014 and an apology \u2014 was in order, saying, \u201cHey @POLITICOEurope: Putin on your \u2018green\u2019 list is odious. Repulsive. Revolting. Deceitful. Disgusting. \u2018It took a war criminal\u2019? It\u2019s also wrong: Europe isn\u2019t quitting FFs. It\u2019s burning as much coal as it can. See below from @IEA A retraction and an apology is in order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POLITICOEurope?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POLITICOEurope<\/a> : <br \/>Putin on your &#8220;green&#8221; list is odious. Repulsive. Revolting. Deceitful. Disgusting. <br \/>&#8220;It took a war criminal&#8221;?<br \/>It\u2019s also wrong: Europe isn\u2019t quitting FFs. It\u2019s burning as much coal as it can. See below from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IEA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IEA<\/a><br \/>A retraction and an apology is in order. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eEphelaCX4\">https:\/\/t.co\/eEphelaCX4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Jh1hWcaoX5\">pic.twitter.com\/Jh1hWcaoX5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robert Bryce (@pwrhungry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pwrhungry\/status\/1580268090272555008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politico Europe credited Russian President Vladimir Putin for forcing the world to move toward green energy alternatives when he invaded Ukraine. The outlet published a list referred to as the \u201cGreen 28,\u201d naming the 28 most influential European figures in the ongoing push to address climate change by adopting renewable energy sources \u2014 and Putin &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1890210,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1686964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/politico-europe-credits-vladimir-putin-for-ushering-in-the-green-revolution","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1686964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1686964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1686964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1686964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1686964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}