FIVE major German crude oil pipelines sabotaged by angry eco-warriors - Scholz nightmare

GERMAN climate protesters turned off crude oil pipelines at five locations, demanding Olaf Scholz's government looks for other ways to reduce the country's controversial dependency on Russian gas.
The climate change activists entered the pipelines' emergency stations in teams of two and activated shut-off valves that allow the flow of oil and gas to be safely turned off in case of emergency, the organisation said in a statement.

The activists also decorated the valve handwheel with sunflowers, and some attached themselves to the wheel with superglue and chains, the organisation said.

In mid-March, Finance Minister Christian Lindner said Germany should rethink its ban on allowing new drilling for oil and gas in the North Sea as it looks for new energy sources after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.