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VALAKELIAI, Lithuania (AP) – A powerful gas pipeline explosion that prompted the evacuation of a village in northern Lithuania was most likely caused by a technical malfunction, the head of the country’s natural gas transmission system said Saturday.

This year, former President Donald Trump was proven right in his critiques of the globalist green agenda of the European Union and its reliance on Russian energy, which following the war in Ukraine have both been exposed as devastating failures of leadership.

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

Ukraine is warning of another Russian offensive towards Kyiv (Kiev) in early 2023 as a fresh missile barrage causes power outages across the Eastern European country. 

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 leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan plan to meet to conclude an agreement on an undersea electricity connector.

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”.

The UK has one of the smallest reserves of gas yet is shipping the resource abroad at levels not seen for years as a cold snap arrives. 

Ukraine worked to restore power on Tuesday after Russia’s latest wave of missile strikes caused power disruptions across the country.

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

Rough, a gigantic British gas storage facility in the North Sea which the government allowed to go to the wall in 2017, is being gradually brought back to life as the energy crisis bites. 

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.

Potential blackouts this winter in Britain have become more likely with repairs to a crucial underwater cable from France being delayed.

Swedish investigators found traces of explosives at the Baltic Sea site where two pipelines were damaged in an act of “gross sabotage”.

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

Czechs turning to fuel once considered obsolete as they seek a cheaper option to natural gas, whose prices have surged.

Russian airstrikes inflicted more damage on Ukraine on Thursday, with the latest barrage smashing into energy infrastructure, apartment buildings and an industrial site.

Rishi Sunak’s government, preparing tax hikes and public service cuts for Britons and undermining energy independence by banning fracking, is bragging that it is the biggest donor to a fund to build up Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.

German lawmakers approved a plan to keep the country’s three remaining nuclear power plants until mid-April.

Polish and South Korean officials have signed initial agreements to develop a nuclear power plant in Poland.

Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán criticised those clamouring to scrap Russian gas, saying they offered no realistic alternative, only criticism.

164 feet of Nord Stream One is gone following the alleged sabotage of the pipelines, which is confirmed to have been caused by an explosion.

A new gas project off Africa’s western coast may only be 80% complete, but it has already drawn visits from the leaders of Poland and Germany.

Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via the one pipe of Germany-bound Nord Stream that didn’t explode, Putin says.

A govt-appointed expert panel proposed a two-stage system for distributing up to 200 billion euros in subsidies to easeb high energy prices.

Members of the public lost patience with ‘Just Stop Oil’ climate change activists blocking traffic in London, dragging them bodily from the road in the absence of police action.

Truss defended her agenda: “Whenever there is change, there is disruption. And not everybody will be in favour… But everyone will benefit”.

The EU vowed to introduce checks on key infrastructure, including energy, after the suspected sabotage of pipelines in the Baltic Sea.

The prosecutor in charge of the investigation into leaks from pipelines said Tuesday that he has ordered the area to be closed

There is a “significant risk” of gas shortages that would see gas-powered power plants go offline this winter, the UK energy regulator warned.

Sweden has sent a vessel capable of “advanced diving missions” to the Baltic Sea area where undersea pipelines ruptured.

Climate extremist group Just Stop Oil has blockaded Downing Street, site of the Prime Minister’s official residence, and say they will not leave “until their demands are met”. 

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday accused the West of sabotaging Russia-built natural gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany, a charge vehemently denied by the United States and its allies.

The Prime Minister of Estonia has warned that her country faces blackouts if Russia disconnects the three Baltic states — all NATO and EU members — from its grid amid the ongoing Russo-Western sanctions war. 

The new British government has confirmed a massive energy subsidy programme and widespread deregulation and tax reform for businesses.

The German government said Wednesday that it has agreed to nationalize the country’s biggest natural gas importer.