(Natural News) Despite months of red flags and warnings, one in three people living in Europe are woefully unprepared for the very dark winter that is fast approaching. Klaudia Tanner, Austria’s defense minister, told German news giant Die Welt in a recent interview that one-third of Europe is going to be hit upside the head […]

(Natural News) To keep the lights and heat on for as long as possible this dark winter, WDR and ARD public broadcasting in Germany are urging citizens to bathe only once a week at most. Staying dirty and using minimal water will help to offset German politicians’ failed “green” initiatives, which resulted in a shutdown […]

(Natural News) Officials in Europe’s largest economy are begging the public to drastically cut their energy usage, or else face widespread blackouts in the coming months. The nation’s 20 percent reduction target, which is the minimum necessary to avoid rolling blackouts, is not even close to being met. As a result, a lights-out scenario is […]

(Natural News) The mayor of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv warned of a possible apocalypse scenario this winter. However, he advised Ukrainians not to panic as conditions in the city “remained stable.” “Kyiv might lose power, water and heat supply,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko told Reuters in an interview. “The apocalypse might happen, like in Hollywood films, […]

(Natural News) Short-term power outages are just about sure to happen in Germany this winter. And Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (BBK) head Ralph Tiesler is warning German citizens to stockpile bottled water, canned food, and other necessities in anticipation of this. In an interview with the news outlet Welt am Sonntag, […]

(Natural News) It appears as though the lights will soon go out in Germany, which is bracing for impact by making preparations for emergency cash deliveries. Bundesbank, the country’s central bank, has begun “hoarding extra billions to cope with a surge in demand,” according to Reuters. There are also talks of potential withdrawal limits to […]

(Natural News) It is becoming harder and harder for ordinary people to eat in the United Kingdom, thanks to the worst cost-of-living crisis to strike the country in a generation. Inflation is so out of control in the UK that many Brits are diving headlong into debt just to keep food on the table and […]

(Natural News) “Routine maintenance” of the 56 aging nuclear reactors that blanket the landscape of France is worsening the energy crisis as Europe heads straight into a dark winter without warmth. French electric utility giant Electricite de France SA (EDF) announced in a new update that the outlook for nuclear power generation this winter is […]

(Natural News) At least two fuel-related emergency declarations have been issued, one in Nebraska and the other in South Dakota. The latter’s Kristi Noem, South Dakota’s governor, issued an executive order (EO) providing truckers who haul liquid fuel products with relief from Hours of Service rules due to “extremely low inventories and outages of certain […]

(Natural News) Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, is warning that the upcoming winter season in the United States “could be challenging” due to dwindling diesel and diesel distillate supplies. With 25 days or less of diesel stock remaining, inevitable shortages coupled with even higher inflation is pretty much a certainty. What […]