Sen. Ed Markey reiterated his call for the world to stop funding Putin’s war with dirty oil and gas money, and said that Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was resolute in his message to members of Congress.
“He asked us to give him permission to get those planes so he could put Ukrainian pilots in the air,” Markey said. “I think that’s something that we have to take very, very seriously.”
AAA reports that the average price for a gallon of gas went up seven cents in just a day and 20 cents from a week ago.earlier this week, the SPIGOT Act, designed to stop the import of Russian oil into the U.S. “American fossil fuel companies helped fuel Putin’s despicable war on Ukraine to the tune of billions, propping up the oil-garchs and cronies that keep him in power,” Markey said in a statement earlier in the week. “There is no separating Russian oil from the corruption and human rights abuses of the Putin regime. We cannot criticize Europe for its reliance on Russian energy, as we pour dirty oil money into Russia. We cannot stop Putin with Russia’s gas in our cars.
"Our global addiction to oil keeps us locked into dangerous cycles of conflict and corruption, but we can choose a cleaner path to peace," he added."By eliminating our addiction to Russian oil, we can build a pathway to a more prosperous and peaceful future, free from reliance on dirty oil and natural gas.”
80% of Americans, including solid majorities of Republicans and Democrats, want the U.S. to stop buying Russian oil. We need to pass my SPIGOT Act and pursue the pathway to peace that is powered by domestic clean energy.
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