Europe’s Energy Crisis

Natural gas production in Europe has been declining for years now, making the continent more and more dependent on imports. Europe’s aquifers, fuel depots, and salt caverns that hold the stockpiles of natural gas for the continent have never been this empty.

The United States envoy for energy security, Amos Hochstein, has been warning the European Union that it needs to do much more to prepare for the cold winter season. <....