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

Britons face regular, rolling blackouts in order to preserve the overall integrity of the gas and electricity network this winter. 

During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers argued that we can’t view energy through

The Taliban terrorist organization, operating as the de facto government of Afghanistan, signed a major agreement with Russia last week that would significantly reduce pressure on the country’s fuel supply — but at an unclear price, the American outlet Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) noted on Wednesday.

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

Italy’s likely next Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has vowed to fight against speculators she claims are distorting the energy markets.

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

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”. 

Wrap up and keep warm. Consumers across Europe were given a bleak warning Monday the winter ahead will be long, cold, and uncomfortable given challenges to global energy supplies.

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.

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 Chinese government-run newspaper Global Times speculated on Thursday that China has the capacity to export refined oil to Europe as a means of replacing the lost natural gas that would have come in from the broken Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic.

Swedish officials do not yet know if an undersea power cable that runs between southern Sweden and Poland was damaged.

The former head of the German Federal Intelligence Service claims Russia stood “to gain the most” from sabotaging Russian gas pipelines to Germany bypassing Ukraine and Poland.

The Chinese government newspaper Global Times, citing Communist Party-approved “experts,” predicted on Wednesday that the world may never know the cause of the “unusual leaks” of the two Nord Stream pipelines previously used to send natural gas from Russia to Europe – but cast its suspicion towards the United States.

Swedish authorities have reported a new fourth alleged leak as some fear that the damage to the pipelines may be beyond repair.

The EU suspects sabotage in the Nord Stream case and is warning of retaliation for any attack on Europe’s energy networks.

European governments have claimed the damage to Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines was likely caused by deliberate sabotage.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted unanimously last week to pass a plan to ban natural gas heaters and furnaces by 2030, ostensibly to reduce smog and greenhouse gas emissions.

The German government has scrambled to wean Europe’s biggest economy off Russian oil, coal, and gas since coming to office last December.

Finally, a financial executive pushes back against the left’s demands to blackball fossil fuel producers.

While speaking with Bloomberg TV host David Westin on Wednesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) stated that California managed to avoid blackouts, and is “keeping our agenda” on green energy, and stated that “not transitioning is the bigger risk and

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

Britain said it will cap wholesale energy bills for businesses this winter to ensure companies don’t go bust amid soaring energy prices.

Republican Washington state U.S. Senate candidate Tiffany Smiley is calling for a return to American energy independence, according to her energy and environment policy proposal obtained exclusively by Breitbart News.

Over half of the Spanish public believes that the country will face an energy crisis thus winter due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. 

Prime Minister Liz Truss has announced a freeze on energy bills, an end to the ban on fracking for shale gas, and new licences to drill oil in the North Sea.

Home heating and electricity prices are expected to skyrocket in homes across the U.S. northeast this winter, according to National Grid.

President Ursula von der Leyen called for “mandatory” energy rationing during peak hours in order to “flatten the curve” of demand.

A former Swedish finance minister has warned that the shutdown of the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline by Russia could lead to a crisis worse than both the pandemic and the 2008 financial crisis. Anders Borg, a former Swedish

The German government has announced that it will not be closing all of its nuclear power plants by the end of the year after all.

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, the runaway favourite to succeed Boris Johnson as Conservative (Tory) Party leader and Prime Minister next week, has promised “immediate help” with soaring energy bills – but refuses to outline specific policies.

Tens of thousands of ‘Czech Republic First’ protesters are on the streets of Prague demanding their government adopt a neutral posture in the Ukraine war as energy prices go out of control.

The EU has reportedly been meeting its natural gas needs with imports from China, which has been purchasing surplus gas from Russia.

Boris Johnson had committed to ending all coal burning in the UK by 2024, but the next government would not be bound by such promise.