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Russia Says Baltic Telecoms Cable Was Damaged Just Before Nearby Gas Pipeline

A Russian fiber optic cable under the Baltic Sea was damaged last month only 28 km (17 miles) from where a gas pipeline linking Finland and Estonia was ruptured a couple of hours later. The details emerged in a statement …

Finland Says Gas Pipeline Likely Broken by Ship Dragging Anchor

HELSINKI –– Damage to a Baltic Sea gas pipeline earlier this month is believed to have been caused by a ship dragging a large anchor along the seabed, but it was too early to tell if this was an accident …

Swedish Government Says Estonia has Linked Baltic Cable, Pipeline Damages

STOCKHOLM — Estonia believes that damage to a telecommunications cable in the Baltic Sea between Sweden and Estonia is related to damage to a pipeline and cable between Estonia and Finland, Sweden’s government said on Monday. On Oct. 8 a …

Major Gas Supplier Norway Closely Monitoring Baltic Sea Pipe Burst Probe

OSLO –– Norway, Europe’s largest gas supplier, is closely monitoring the progress of a probe into unexplained damage on a Baltic Sea gas pipeline, having already stepped up security at its energy installations after the Nord Stream blasts last year. …

Finland Says Pipeline Leak Likely Caused by Mechanical Force

Finnish investigators said that a ruptured gas pipeline in the Gulf of Finland was most likely caused by mechanical force rather than an explosion. It’s too early, however, to exclude any possibility from the investigation, Risto Lohi, a detective superintendent …

Nigerian Communities File Damages Claim Against Shell in London Court

LAGOS –– More than 11,000 Nigerians from the oil-producing Niger Delta have filed a compensation claim against Shell at the London High Court, the latest step in a case that will test whether multinationals can be held to account for …

Brazil Electric Towers Hit With Sabotage After Bolsonaro Supporters Riot

Brazil has suffered a series of attacks on electricity towers since the Jan. 8 capitol riots, an unnerving development for a major economy that has no history of infrastructure sabotage. Four pylons have been toppled and another 12 vandalized since …

3 Washington State Electric Substations Vandalized

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Vandalism at three power substations in western Washington early Sunday initially cut power to about 14,000 utility customers, the Pierce County Sheriff’s Office said. The attacks come as federal officials are warning that the U.S. power …

Restoring Power After Shootings Could Take Until Thursday

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Power should be restored by Thursday morning to thousands of homes in a central North Carolina county that have been without electricity for several days after an attack on the electric grid, Gov. Roy Cooper said …

Nord Stream Operator Surveys Pipeline Leak Site

COPENHAGEN/BERLIN —Nord Stream AG, the operator of the leaking Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, has sent a chartered ship to waters off the coast of Sweden to survey the damage for the first time, the company said on Thursday. Sweden …