A Frozen Britain Is Running Out Of Gas, National Grid Warns

Britain could run out of gas as intense demand caused by plunging temperatures outstrips supply. National Grid, the operator of the gas pipeline network, has issued a ‘gas deficit warning’ as the nation ramps up the thermostats. It has been forced to ask suppliers to provide more to stop in running out today as demand for the fuel hit a six-year high. —Daily Mail, 1 March 2018

British factories are preparing to shutter some of their operations to help National Grid avert a national gas supply crisis, as freezing temperatures sweep the country. For the first time in almost a decade, National Grid said gas supplies will not be enough to meet demand unless energy-intensive industries agree to use less gas in return for hefty compensation payments levied on to consumer bills. —The Daily Telegraph, 1 March 2018

Dramatic weather hitting the United Kingdom is providing ammunition for the proponents of the embryonic shale gas industry. After more than 24 hours of snow and freezing conditions, with most of the country’s kids staying home from school, The National Grid PLC has cautioned that it is running low on gas. It has sparked calls for the UK to seize the shale opportunity which promises to be a significant domestic source of gas which would reduce the country’s dependence on foreign imports. —Pro Investors, 1 March 2018

The Armed Forces were today called in to help doctors deliver aid to people in the snow, as sub-zero weather, icy blasts and ‘blizzard-like’ conditions left drivers stranded for more than 13 hours and airport passengers stuck. —Daily Mail, 1 March 2018

Swathes of Europe and North America have been hit by blizzards. They’re having snowball fights outside the Colosseum in Rome. Scotland is closed. The sheep outside my garden are buried in white stuff… —Breitbart, 28 February 2018

A headmaster who has banned pupils at his school from touching the snow has been branded a “snowflake”. Ges Smith, from the Jo Richardson Community School in Dagenham, East London, appeared on Good Morning Britain to defend the rule. While some schools have banned snowball fights, his appears to be the only one which has banned touching snow altogether. —The Daily Telegraph, 27 February 2018

EU foreign ministers have set a collision course with China in a statement calling for the same rules to bind all countries under the Paris climate deal. —Climate Home, 26 February 2018

A California district court ruled Wednesday that two lawsuits to hold energy companies responsible for weather affected by climate change are more appropriate for federal court. —Daily Caller, 28 February 2018