Major French Food Company Shuts Down 80 Per Cent of Production as Soaring Energy Costs Make Factories Uneconomical
Cofigeo, a group which owns several food companies in France, has shut down four of its eight factories over energy costs.
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.
The UK’s economic turbulence is a result of the green agenda and a failure to achieve energy independence like America, Nigel Farage said.
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.
Swedish conservative and populist parties have expressed opposition to allowing the repair of the damaged Nord Stream pipelines as Swedish investigators have confirmed they were damaged by explosions.
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 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
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.
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”.
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.