Ukraine War Chaos Saw Germany Lose Over $100 Billion in 2022
Germany lost over $100 billion as a result of the chaos brought about by the Ukraine War, the head of a major economic research institute in the country has said.
Germany lost over $100 billion as a result of the chaos brought about by the Ukraine War, the head of a major economic research institute in the country has said.
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Wednesday to convert a natural gas power plant to a new hydrogen system that critics say may not provide enough power and could cause more environmental damage.
A coal power plant that was due to shut down last year is among those brought online today to cover a potential shortfall of electricity.
No evidence that Moscow was involved in the suspected sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea has been found so far, a German investigator has admitted.
British Gas employed debt collecting contractors who broke into the homes of vulnerable people to install prepayment meters.
The UK government told local councils to crack down on people using wood-burning stoves with fines of £300 or potential criminal prosecutions.
Italian PM Georgia Meloni held talks in Libya with officials from the country’s west-based government, signing an gas dea worthl $8 billion.
The UK is calm, cloudy, and cold, leaving the National Grid bringing three coal power plants back online to cover the lack of renewables.
Energy Minister Irene Vélez of Colombia confirmed on Thursday that the South American nation will stop awarding new oil and gas exploration contracts, a decision that she described as “absolutely urgent.”
Speaking from Davos, the BlackRock CEO says the attacks on ESG have become personal and ugly.
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.
A report on net zero goals commissioned by the British government has said that all new gas-powered boilers should be banned within the next ten years – a move that would cost average households thousands.
An explosion hit a pipeline connecting Latvia and Lithuania on Friday afternoon, sparking an evacuation of the nearby village.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) stated that restrictions on gas stoves are “really a backdoor way to go after natural gas” even though natural gas has actually helped cut emissions
SoCal Gas, which supplies natural gas throughout Southern California, warned consumers this weekend that their next bills will be unusually large, blaming what it calls unusually cold winter weather across the nation.
Cofigeo, a group which owns several food companies in France, has shut down four of its eight factories over energy costs.
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.
Qatar obliquely threatened to cut the EU from its supply of natural gas amid claims that the Islamist nation bribed officials in Brussels.
A top Kremlin spokesman told reporters on Thursday that neither the Russian side nor European vendors have decided if rebuilding the severely damaged Nord Stream natural gas pipelines will be worth it.
Rishi Sunak’s plan to increase American natural gas imports has been branded as “expensive hypocrisy” given his decision to ban fracking.
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.
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.
Despite persistent controversy over the country’s attitude towards LGBT issues, Germany has now agreed to buy gas from Qatar.
The United States will auction nearly one million acres off the Alaskan coast for new oil and gas drilling in December, mandated in the so-called “Inflation” Reduction Act (IRA).
The Olaf Scholz government has mishandled “everything” during the energy crisis, resulting in economic calamity, a German MEP told Breitbart.
Gazprom threatened to cut off all gas supplies to Europe after alleging that Ukraine stole gas transiting through their country.
Czechs turning to fuel once considered obsolete as they seek a cheaper option to natural gas, whose prices have surged.
In order to help avert an energy catastrophe this winter, the head of Germany’s utility network wants to see his country sign a gas “solidarity pact” with Britain.
After reimplementing a ban on fracking in the country, a report has claimed that Britain is planning on alleviating its crippling energy crisis by buying natural gas from the United States.
Massachusetts voters are trying to determine how they will stay warm this winter amid rising costs.
Polish and South Korean officials have signed initial agreements to develop a nuclear power plant in Poland.
Thousands of people rallied in Prague on Friday to protest the Czech government’s continued support of sanctions against Russia and call for an early election so that a new government can negotiate with Moscow before the winter energy crunch hits.
Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has denied Russian allegations that the Royal Navy directed Ukrainian drone strikes against the Black Sea Fleet and facilitated the “terrorist attack” on the Nord Stream pipelines.
Britain’s Royal Navy helped to execute the “terrorist attack” which damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines from Russia to the European Union, the Russian defence ministry has alleged.
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) – Voters in Slovenia on Sunday cast ballots to elect a new president of the European Union nation, with three main contenders leading the race but no clear winner in sight.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced a deal with Vladimir Putin to make Turkey a natural gas hub for Russian energy for Europe.
Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán criticised those clamouring to scrap Russian gas, saying they offered no realistic alternative, only criticism.
China has reportedly told state-owned energy companies to cease reselling supplies of natural gas to the energy-strapped European nations.
Oil and gas drilling saw solid gains in September.