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Gas pipeline explodes outside of St. Petersburg

Publish date: August 10, 2007

ST. PETERSBURG-A gas pipeline exploded and burst into flames outside of St. Petersburg, wisp,ru reported.

The explosion on July 26 was so strong that it created a crater 50 metres long and four meters wide crater and caused large traffic jams in the middle of the night as people were trying to leave the affected region.

The authorities ruled out that the explosion was terrorism a terrorist act, saying that the blast was related to a malfunciton and would have no impact on gas supplies for the region or deliveries abroad.

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The role of CCS in Germany’s climate toolbox: Bellona Deutschland’s statement in the Association Hearing

After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.