EU climate rules under fire as energy prices surge
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BRUSSELS — Soaring energy prices are putting the European Union's climate policy under heavy pressure. Some EU leaders blame the bloc's emissions trading system for the costs and want to tear up the rules.
Sweden is pushing back firmly. "It is the opposite — the dependence on fossil energy that is the problem," said EU Minister Jessica Rosencrantz.