1 ENERGY
Nord Stream blasts equal to large amount of explosive
Denmark and Sweden have said leaks from the Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea were caused by blasts equivalent to the power of “several hundred kilograms of explosive”.
The conclusions were made in a joint report by Denmark and Sweden that was delivered to the UN. The UN environment programme said last Friday the ruptures are likely to have led to the biggest single release of climate-damaging methane ever recorded. Germany also said they believe that highly explosive detonations were responsible for the sabotage attacks. The EU, Nato and the governments of Poland, Sweden and Denmark have all said they believe the leaks were caused deliberately.
Data analysis has revealed huge clouds of methane gas are hovering over the leaks, from natural gas that has been pouring into the Baltic Sea from the pipelines since last Monday, the Icos, a greenhouse gas observation system operating across Europe, reported.
The pipes were built to transport gas from Russia to Germany. Only one was ever activated but both were full of gas and are now said to be unusable.
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2 UNITED STATES
Hurricane death toll rises amid criticism of response
The death toll from Hurricane Ian climbed past 80 as embattled residents in Florida and the Carolinas face a recovery expected to cost tens of billions of dollars,
