Crucial climate proposals are stalled in congress. now the world s attention is on the war in ukraine. all the, wildfires continue to burn, and temperatures continue to, increase c levels are on the rise and weather is getting more and more extreme. but in a way, this war has helped to jump-start the conversation about climate change once again. because at the core of vladimir putin s power it s mother nature s ultimate kryptonite, fossil fuel. russia is one of the world s top fossil fuel producers and exporters. in 2021, revenues from oil and natural gas made up 45% of russia s federal budget. that s according to the international energy agency. according to bloomberg, at the start of this war, russia was earning 300 and $50 million per day from oil and $200 million per day from gas. on a single day in march, after the invasion of ukraine, europe paid 700 and $20 million to