UK's Daily Telegraph: "Russia’s president warned that Europeans would face a bleak winter if the Kremlin stopped deliveries to the Continent."...
Says Tuomas Malinen. Adds Murtaza Hussain of The Intercept: "If you turned the electricity off for a few months in any developed Western society 500 years of supposed philosophical progress about human rights and individualism would quickly evaporate like they never happened."...
German cities switch off street lighting amid surging migrant crime....
As estimated 70,000 people took to the streets of Prague for the "Czech Republic First" demonstration. ...
"It's a voluntary program. Let's remember that this is something that customers choose to be a part of based on the incentives."...
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"Satellite images of the Portovaya compression station show a huge flare as large amounts of gas are burned off."...
California will start its ban on the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles Thursday, which was first announced in 2020....
Reuters: "Europe faces fresh disruption to energy supplies due to damage to a pipeline system bringing oil from Kazakhstan through Russia that was reported by the pipeline operator on Monday."...
The Wall Street Journal: "The unexpected move could complicate efforts by Germany and much of Europe to fill gas reserves and stave off widespread rationing to keep its population warm through the long continental winter—and avert factory shutdowns." ...
German newspaper Bild: "The electricity already costs more than four times as much as it did a year ago, and gas seven times as much."...
The "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" will definitely NOT reduce inflation. Raising taxes on job creators and spending a ton more money is not the way to do it....
AP News: "Russia’s Gazprom on Wednesday halved the amount of natural gas flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe to 20% of capacity."...
"Berlin triggered the second stage of its national gas emergency plan." ...
IDF deploys sea-borne Iron Dome anti-missile battery to protect gas rig west of Haifa port. ...
