Russia and central Europe differ over the war in Ukraine, economic embargoes, the interpretation of history, gas exports and pipelines — but they are finding a common language when it comes to measuring emissions reductions in a way that allows them to claim steep greenhouse gas cuts without painful changes.
The trick is to use a benchmark dating back to communism, when the region was littered with inefficient smokestack industries clogging the air with pollution while producing little of real value. Most of those factories closed long ago, not out of ecological high mindedness but because they had no place in …read more
Source: European Voice
