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American hearts will pump gas of Northern Gateway into the region’s bloodstream

The significance of the Gaz-System and Solar Turbines agreement goes beyond the Baltic Pipe project. Little hearts from America will pump Northern Gateway gas through the bloodstream of all of Poland, and maybe even its neighbors – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief of BiznesAlert.pl.

PGNiG: Sustained increase in natural gas and crude oil production

Within two years, PGNiG will increase its natural gas and crude oil production by 13% and 12%, respectively. The Company expects that in 2021 it will produce 5.2 bcm of natural gas and approximately 1.4 million tonnes of crude oil both in Poland and abroad.

OSW: New US sanctions on Russia

On 2 August, the US Department of State informed that a second round of US sanctions had been imposed on Russia due to the Russian chemical attacks on the Skripal family in Salisbury in the United Kingdom in March 2018 – writes Marek Menkiszak, analyst of Center for Eastern Studies (OSW).

IPCC land use report shows climate change threat to global livelihood

A new report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on land use shows that climate change is threatening the world’s food supply and livelihood, making it an „existential question”, said German environment minister Svenja Schulze. The agricultural and forest sectors are victims of this development, but also the cause of a large share of greenhouse gas emissions, and thus must be part of the solution to climate change, she said. NGOs from Germany see the IPCC report as a „wake-up call” for the German government to act, and say hard choices have to be made fast.

Location decisions issued for all the Baltic Pipe gas compressor stations

On 25 July 2019 the Governor of the Wielkopolskie Province issued the location decision for the expansion of the Odolanów Compressor Station. The investment will be located in the Wielkopolskie Province, Ostrów Wielkopolski District, Odolanów commune. Obtaining the location decision by GAZ-SYSTEM for the last such facility in the Polish part of the Baltic Pipe Project means moving on to the process of obtaining construction permits for all the three compressor stations.

PKEE comments on the European Union’s low-emission 2050 strategy

“A European strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate neutral economy by 2050 – A Clean Planet for all” presented by the European Commission has initiated a broaddebate about defining the way Europe should be developing in the 2050 horizon. The Polish Electricity Association (PKEE) fully agrees with the idea of an EU policy assuming innovative and low-emission economy developed in line with the principles of sustainable development.

The fight for coal regions transformation is still underway

Despite the inauguration of the Fund for Mining and coal Regions, it is not known whether funds for this purpose will be in the new budget of the European Union. It is important because Poland may be its biggest beneficiary – writes Bartłomiej Sawicki, journalist of BiznesAlert.pl.