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Norway is portrayed as both hero and villain in Europe’s energy crisis

The Washington Post · Emily Rauhala · last updated

Norway, not Russia, is now the E.U.’s leading natural gas supplier. But it faces accusations of “war profiteering.”

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The United States achieved net energy independence in 2020, but that has not insulated the nation from the roiling of energy markets in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Europe has been a large consumer of Russian natural gas, and the effort to wean itself, with the help of the United States, has strained markets and endangered global efforts to address the climate crisis.

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