The Latest Breaking News from Robert Habeck

FRANKFURT, Germany — On calendars in Germany’s industrial heartland and the halls of power in Berlin, July 11 has been marked in red for weeks.

Parliament approves measures to use mothballed sites to produce electricity and preserve gas supplies

Fearing Russia might cut off natural gas supplies, the head of Germany’s regulatory agency for energy is calling on residents to save energy and to prepare for winter, when use increases

Germany’s vice chancellor says he suspects that Russia may not resume gas deliveries to Europe through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline after planned maintenance work in July

In Germany, some industrial furnaces have been running without interruption for decades. If they cool down suddenly, the molten materials harden and the system breaks.

Fears consumers may have to pay up to three times as much after Nord Stream 1 pipeline flow cut by 40%

Germany is heading for a gas shortage if Russian gas supplies remain as low as they are now, and certain industries would have to be shut down if there is not enough come winter, Economy Minister Robert Habeck told Der Spiegel magazine.

German economy minister says the step reflected the ‘significant deterioration of the gas supply situation’.

‘The reduction in gas supplies is an economic attack on us by Putin,’ says economy minister

Economy minister says cut in deliveries is ‘economic attack on us by Putin’

Germany activated the second phase of its three-stage emergency plan for natural gas supplies Thursday, saying the country faces a “crisis” and warning that storage targets for the winter are at risk due to dwindling deliveries from Russia. The government said the decision to raise the level to “alarm” follows…