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Sep 2022
56m 16s

Nord Stream Sabotaged, Energiewende Over...

DR. CHRIS KEEFER
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Adam Blazowski, an engineer and co-founder of FOTA4Climate, joins us to provide context to the breaking news of the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage and what it means for Europe and Germany. Adam walks us through the history and geopolitical implications of the project, especially for Ukraine and Eastern Europe, and explains the role of Gazprom-funded environmental NGOs in blocking German LNG infrastructure. We also explore Poland’s coming nuclear buildout and Adam’s perspectives on the cold, dark winter coming in Ukraine as the Zaporizhzhia nuclear station is put in cold shutdown and Russia pursues a scorched earth policy on Ukraine's power infrastructure.

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