Pipeline Politics: Ex German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder Nominated to Board of Russian State-Owned Gas Company
Gerhard Schröder, the former left-leaning Chancellor of Germany, has been nominated to the board of a Russian state-owned gas company.

Gerhard Schröder, the former left-leaning Chancellor of Germany, has been nominated to the board of a Russian state-owned gas company.

State-owned Polish gas company PGNiG has confirmed the purchase of a large shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States, which it will transfer on to Ukraine.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told reporters in Moscow on Tuesday that he was seeking to expand an already 15-year contract with Gazprom, Russia’s natural gas energy company, following a meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

Europe’s ‘heavy dependence’ on Russian gas for energy has left nations on the continent scrambling for alternatives over supply fears.

The gas crisis isn’t letting up. Reserves are low, prices high, customers hit with higher bills. Russian isn’t selling gas like it used to.

The European Commission has issued a draft recommendation including nuclear energy and natural gas on a list of investments that qualify as “green” energy.

BERLIN (AP) – The German government said Monday that it considers nuclear energy dangerous and objects to European Union proposals that would let the technology remain part of the bloc´s plans for a climate-friendly future.

Greta Thunberg, alongside other climate crazies, has decried the possible inclusion of nuclear and gas in the EU’s green investment playbook.

The New York City Council on Wednesday voted to ban natural gas lines in new buildings as a way to combat so-called climate change.

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on Thursday reportedly blocked President Biden’s plan to terminate all future offshore oil and gas drilling in Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf of Mexico waters.

Sen. Ted Cruz is pushing for reinstating sanctions against Russia for the pipeline it is building to export natural gas to Germany.

A cold winter would send natural gas prices up 46 percent and heating oil prices up 54 percent, according to the Department of Energy.

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm stated that natural gas prices “are high” because “the supplies are not as robust as they have been.” And “this is all coming off,” “a real downturn in the

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday accused a CNBC reporter of purposefully acting as if she did not hear his answer to her question regarding Russia’s supply of natural gas to Europe, the U.K.’s Daily Mail reported Thursday.

U.S. stocks fell Tuesday, as rising bond yields and energy prices weighed on the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank 650 points at the low of the day before recovering to a 569 point, or 1.6 percent, decline. The

The United Kingdom is currently suffering severe gas shortages. And I know just the person who could have sorted it out, if only people had listened to him…

The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for bombing a major natural gas pipeline in Syria. The attack caused significant disruptions to the power supply for the Syrian capital of Damascus and other cities in the region.

President Joe Biden’s proposal to tax the oil and gas industries in the reconciliation bill would be costly to both the economy and in terms of job loss, an analysis by the American Petroleum Institute’s Energy Citizens initiative found.

Mozambique’s military, with assistance from Rwandan security forces, successfully recaptured a Cabo Delgado port city from Islamic State-allied terrorists on Sunday.

The death toll from a gas explosion near a residential community in central China’s Shiyan city on Sunday rose to 25 on Monday as Chinese government authorities continued efforts to rescue and treat survivors of the blast and determine its cause.

Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) grilled Citibank Wednesday and other Wall Street firms over if they made commitments not to provide financing for fossil fuel companies such as coal and natural gas.

Operators of the Line 5 pipeline refused to shut down despite the order from Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to do so on Wednesday.

The Empowerment Alliance gave Biden an “F” for his energy policies in his first 100 days in office, including his war on fossil fuels.

A poll shows Americans see an oil and gas energy landscape for decades to come and trust the private sector over feds to solve problems.

President Joe Biden backtracked on his agenda, which promises 100 percent clean energy by 2035, telling the United Association General, “I’m all for natural gas.”

A non-governmental organization called South China Sea Chronicle Initiative (SCSCI) published satellite photos on Wednesday that show China building a surface-to-air missile base near the Vietnamese border.

The image of energy-rich Texas is under challenge as a historic polar vortex slows or shuts down power sources like wind and natural gas.

Frank Macchiarola, senior vice president of Policy, Economics and Regulatory Affairs at the American Petroleum Institute (API), said in an interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Saturday with host Matt Boyle that if President Joe Biden puts a permanent ban on oil and gas development on federal waters and land, it could cost 1 million American jobs.

Iraqi state media warned of a major energy crisis Tuesday due to reduced exports of natural gas from Iran.

Environmental activists who believe climate change is an existential threat are happy about what lawmakers stuffed into the spending bill.

The Oakland City Council voted unanimously to ban natural gas from all future constructed residential and commercial buildings.

CARACAS, Venezuela – Socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro celebrated his 58th birthday on the 23rd of November with a soirée broadcast by the state’s media apparatus with all the bells and whistles — while his citizens, reaching a new stage of the painful collapse of socialist Venezuela, are forced to chop down trees to use as firewood to cook.

San Francisco’s 11-member Board of Supervisors voted unanimously on Monday to ban the use of natural gas in new buildings as a measure to fight climate change.

Islamist militants fighting for control of the gas-rich Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique held a mass execution on a soccer field over the weekend, beheading over 50 people and chopping their bodies to pieces.

Rebecca Mansour warned Joe Biden’s energy policy proposals would facilitate further offshoring of U.S. auto manufacturing jobs to China.

Rebecca Mansour joined Dan Proft to explain how Joe Biden’s proposed energy policies could destroy millions of jobs in the automotive industry.

Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s energy policies could have a devastating impact on Michigan that could potentially destroy 160,000 energy sector jobs, decimate the auto industry, impede manufacturing operations, increase home heating expenses, and create California-style rolling blackouts in the Great Lakes State.

Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview on Friday that former Vice President Joe Biden would shut down America’s energy industry “over my dead body.”

Claim: President Donald Trump said at the presidential debate on Thursday that carbon emissions in the U.S. are the lowest in 35 years.

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has repeatedly promised that he would not ban fracking—a vital economic bulwark in the battleground state of Pennsylvania—if elected.
