Energy Crisis - Page 2

With Ukraine in flames and the EU green agenda in pieces, 2022 was the year that fears over food and energy security once again hit Europe.

Swedish Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson has warned that Sweden may be facing a recession this winter that may last years.

Fears over possible gas shortages seem to have returned to the German media, with the cold European winter seeing the country burn through its saved-up supply far faster than expected.

Nikolas Stihl, the head of the chainsaw manufacturing company Stihl, has wanted that Germany may be on the verge of deindustrialization. 

A newly released Eurobarometer survey conducted by the European Parliament has revealed that under half of Greeks support the European Union’s stance on Ukraine.

Global use of coal climbed to a record high as the energy crisis in Europe saw some supposedly ‘green’ countries forced to burn coal.

The spectre of future energy blackouts is once again looming in Germany, with the country’s plan to cut consumption falling significantly short amid cold winter weather.

Authorities in Namibia have invited Germans to emigrate to the African nation to escape the ongoing European energy crisis.

Serious gas shortages across the EU are now on the cards for next year, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned.

Brexit champion Nigel Farage has slammed to green-obsessed “idiots” running the country as the National Grid warms up two coal-fired reserve power plants in case of shortages.

Britain’s National Grid has announced it is firing up two coal-fired reserve power plants as a winter snap and lack of wind leave the country facing blackouts amid a general energy crisis. 

The Swedish government has called on Swedes to save electricity, citing the risk of power disconnections, saying the energy situation in the country has become “acute”.

After what was overall an extremely mild autumn, winter temperatures have dropped considerably across Europe, a fact that has been deemed “likely” to worsen the continent’s gas crisis.

Macron chastised public utility and energy companies for scaring the public with “absurd scenarios” of potential blackouts this winter.  

The European Union has seen imports of liquid natural gas from Russia rise to record levels this year, sending billions of euros to Moscow.

Turkey, pork, and other Christmas day staples have all seen price spikes of around 20 per cent or more amid Britain’s inflation crisis.

Around 700,000 households in Ireland are now in energy poverty as a result of the ongoing European Union gas crisis, MPs have claimed.

A federation of French supermarket chains has warned of significant waste of fresh products in the event of possible power cuts in the country this winter, with those in rural areas much more likely to face outages.

As a result of the ongoing energy crisis throughout Europe, Switzerland is considering a ban on the use of electric cars for non-essential purposes.

France may still see power cuts and therefore will seek to import energy from Britain and other European neighbours, a utility chairman said.

Leftist government plans to see Germany go green have been utterly destroyed by ongoing Russian energy shortages.

The Olaf Scholz government has mishandled “everything” during the energy crisis, resulting in economic calamity, a German MEP told Breitbart.

Antifa activists brawled with police on Saturday during an attempt to disrupt a protest against the sanctions war with Russia.

Germany’s massive energy crisis is “under control”, the country’s Chancellor has insisted despite repeated warnings of possible blackouts occurring over the coming months.

People will need to “change their behaviour” on their energy usage to prevent being “blackmailed” by Vadimir Putin, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday. Mr Hunt, the globalist head of the Treasury Department, said that the war in Ukraine has demonstrated

Gazprom threatened to cut off all gas supplies to Europe after alleging that Ukraine stole gas transiting through their country.

Emergency meetings on how to deal with possible energy shortages over the coming months are now being held by the UK government, reports claim.

Protesters gathered in front of a shuttered power station on Sunday to demonstrate against the Irish government’s banning of a natural and abundant fossil fuel just in time for the winter energy crisis.

Medium and large companies have reportedly been scrambling to purchase electricity generators amid fears that the country could see parts of its national grid collapse.

UK government officials are set to urge the general public to turn down their heating as fears over possible winter blackouts continue to loom.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – The body armour propped against a radiator, ready for use, the spent shell casing adding to clutter on his desk, the boxing memorabilia and the sign asking visitors to leave firearms at his door: All shout that this is the office of an extraordinary mayor, in extraordinarily difficult times.

Jimmy Carter ignored the need for more energy and paid a steep price when he ran for re-election. Half a century later, Joe Biden is also ignoring it. 

Real wages in Britain are not expected to return to 2008 levels until 2027 due in part to the financial mismanagement of the Tory government.

In the case of serious shortages this winter, Finland may be forced to shut down 40 per cent of the country’s road lights.

The head of the national electricity grid in France has warned that power cuts are still likely during the winter months.

Food prices in Germany have spiked by just under 40 per cent over last year, with potatoes spiking by as much as 70 per cent in 12 months.