Gas prices near record highs as Berlin rejects pipeline from Russia
by Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#5T0CA)
Germany says escalating tensions over Ukraine are one factor in Nord Stream 2 not getting green light
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Gas prices across the UK and Europe are on course to return to record highs after Germany said a controversial pipeline from Russia could not be approved amid deepening tensions on the Ukrainian border.
The German foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, said the Nord Stream 2 pipeline could not be given the green light in its current form because it did not meet the requirements of EU energy law.
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