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Three months before the Nord Stream pipeline exploded in what was almost certainly a brazen act of international sabotage, the Biden administration was briefed on a plot by the Ukrainian military to target the energy project for destruction, according to a new report from the Washington Post.Rob Savage on Collaborating with YellowJackets’ Sophie ThatcherThe warning about Ukraine’s plans came months before the oil pipeline—which stretched across the Baltic sea from Russia to Germany and delivered cheap natural gas to a…

It’s been close to half a year since the Nord Stream pipeline—a controversial Russian energy project designed to bring cheap natural gas to European markets—mysteriously exploded. In the immediate aftermath of the pipeline’s destruction, sabotage seemed like the most likely explanation. But despite six months having passed since the pipeline burst, nobody seems to know who is responsible—and some don’t seem all tooeager to find out, either.Deadly Mississippi Tornado Kills More Than 2 Dozen | Extreme EarthThis week, the…

Unused segments of the Nord Stream pipeline lay in Germany’s Port of Mukran.Image: Stefan Sauer (AP)A new video from the Nord Stream pipeline leaks that began last month reveal a major wound—a hole about 50 meters (164 feet) across located approximately 80 meters (262 feet) below the ocean’s surface.The Nord Stream pipeline system is a massive project connecting the natural gas output of Russia to Germany, and last month it began to leak. As gas poured out of the pipeline following a series of explosions last month,…

Russian gas giant Gazprom PJSC said it suspended its natural-gas deliveries to Italy over the weekend after it didn’t receive authorization for the pipeline flows via Austria. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the interruption was a temporary bureaucratic glitch, or whether Italy has now joined the growing list of European Union countries that have been cut off from Russian gas. Austrian authorities said Gazprom had not signed up to changes in supply contracts required by…

Vladimir Putin has waged an energy war on Europe. The general running his campaign is ultra-loyalist and Gazprom PJSC boss Alexei Miller. By starving Europe of gas in retaliation for its support for Ukraine in the war, Mr. Miller is firing an economic weapon that Russia loaded over half a century during which Europe became hooked on prolific wells in Western Siberia. He is threatening to pitch Europe into darkness this winter, close down factories and test the…