The head of the only legal workers’ union in Cuba announced on Tuesday that the communist regime had canceled its most prestigious annual event, the May Day parade in Havana, due to “limitations with securing fuel.”
Germany’s planned shutdown of all of its remaining nuclear power plants risks causing power shortages, one industry group in the country has warned.
The ever-increasing use of green energy is making the world’s power supply more vulnerable to weather, a report on Wednesday has claimed.
The price of electricity and gas is likely to remain high in Europe for the foreseeable future, with one German supplier warning that prices are likely to double in the coming months rather than go down.
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.
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.
Qatar obliquely threatened to cut the EU from its supply of natural gas amid claims that the Islamist nation bribed officials in Brussels.
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.
Serious gas shortages across the EU are now on the cards for next year, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has warned.
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.
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.
The UK government has reportedly begun “wargaming” scenarios in which energy blackouts could last up to one week amid gas shortages.
While experts are warning that the country could run out of gas as early as February, German political parties are now bickering about how liberal new laws legalising cannabis should be.
Germany could be completely out of gas by February, the country’s gas agency has said, with some experts saying that the country needs to cut consumption by 30 per cent to make it through the crisis intact.
Britons face regular, rolling blackouts in order to preserve the overall integrity of the gas and electricity network this winter.
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) – Bulgarians on Sunday cast their ballots in a general election – the fourth in 18 months – marked by a raging war nearby, political instability, and economic hardships in the European Union’s poorest member.
German Federal Economy Minister Robert Habeck expressed concern over the looming energy crisis this winter, telling German media that the situation was extremely tense and there is a possibility that Germany may run out of gas.
Despite the ongoing gas crisis, Liz Truss has promised that the United Kingdom will not ration energy over the coming winter months.
Spanish populist party VOX has vowed to challenge the newly passed energy decree in Spain’s constitutional court, claiming the decree violates the rights of Spaniards.
Crop losses of up to 50 per cent are now expected in parts of Germany due to drought, farmers in affected regions have claimed.
At least one Ikea in Germany has told its customers not to eat french fries, with the massive corporation complaining that the food is bad for the climate.
