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Russia has used divisive and inflammatory posts on social media platforms in an effort to interfere with U.S. energy markets and influence domestic energy policy, according to a report issued Thursday by Lamar Smith (R-TX), chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. According to the report, an estimated 9,097 Russian messages regarding U.S. energy policy or energy events were posted on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram between 2015 and 2017. IRA targeted pipelines, fossil fuels, climate change and other divisive issues to influence public policy in the United States. The American people deserve to know if what they see on social media is the creation of a foreign power seeking to undermine our domestic energy policy." The main focus of the Russia efforts centered on disruption of pipeline development or the advancement of climate change policies targeting fossil fuels.
Russia has used divisive and inflammatory posts on social media platforms in an effort to interfere with U.S. energy markets and influence domestic energy policy, according to a report issued Thursday by Lamar Smith (R-TX), chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee. According to the report, an estimated 9,097 Russian messages regarding U.S. energy policy or energy events were posted on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram between 2015 and 2017. IRA targeted pipelines, fossil fuels, climate change and other divisive issues to influence public policy in the United States. The American people deserve to know if what they see on social media is the creation of a foreign power seeking to undermine our domestic energy policy." The main focus of the Russia efforts centered on disruption of pipeline development or the advancement of climate change policies targeting fossil fuels.
London Covered in Snow as Cold Snap Makes Energy Markets Shiver
U.K. gas prices doubled to the highest in more than a decade in a bitter weather front that has killed at least 24 people throughout Europe and covered Mediterranean beaches with snow. "Cold weather, tight storage and supply issues combined to drive up gas prices in Britain and across Europe," Enappsys Ltd., an energy trading consultant in Stockton-on-Tees, England, said in an emailed note. Average temperatures in the U.K. are forecast at minus 3.3 Celsius on Wednesday, about 8 degrees below seasonal norms. Flows from Norway have been reduced due to an outage at a key processing plant, while heavy snow at a U.K. gas terminal is preventing pipeline imports from the Netherlands. Average temperatures in Germany are forecast at minus 7.1 Celsius, about 9 degrees below seasonal norms.
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