If you’re appalled by Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine, consider how radical environmentalists in Canada helped enable the dictator.
To begin, note that Russia is the third-largest producer of oil in the world and the second-largest producer of natural gas. Much of those resources it produces are exported; according to The Economist, Russia is the largest provider of natural gas in Europe. The United States imports 585,000 barrels of oil per day from Russia, and even Canada has spent a small fortune importing Russian oil over the past decade – $3.6 billion.
