A winding tower of a closed coal mine rusts in front of a coal-fired power station Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Compared to the U.S., the 27-member European Union faces much stronger direct economic consequences than does the U.S. from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the resulting sanctions _ and that’s true above all when it comes to the oil and gas that fuels vehicles and keeps the heat and the lights on. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
