Germany tables new emergency measures after Russian gas supply only partly restored
by Kate Connolly in Berlin from World news | The Guardian on (#61MTM)
Resumption of 40% of supplies is insufficient to ward off energy crisis in Europe this winter, say experts
Germany's economics minister has announced a new wave of emergency measures to cut the country's consumption of gas after flows from Russia through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline resumed at reduced levels following a scheduled shutdown.
Robert Habeck said deliveries of gas from Russia cannot be relied upon and called on the nation to pull together to save energy. The new measures include requesting bosses to allow home working wherever possible so as to enable heating systems in larger buildings to be turned off, a legal obligation to get rid of inefficient heating systems, and a ban on using gas to heat private pools.
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