Gazprom accuses Belarus of having taken 20% of gas for Europe

June 24 - The Russian gas giant Gazprom accuses Belarus of having taken 20% of gas for Europe. Still, Gazprom announced that it paid for its gas transit through Belarus $ 228 million, a sum covering the period from November to December 2009 to early 2010. The company 'paid $ 1.45 per thousand cubic meters of gas transported a hundred miles, for a total of $ 228 million.

Black Beach: BP oil turns white sands ugly

A cap is back in place on BP's broken oil well after a deep-sea blunder forced crews to temporarily remove what has been the most effective method so far of containing some of the massive Mexican Gulf oil spill. Engineers used remote-controlled submarines to reposition the cap after it was off for much of the day. It had captured 700,000 gallons (2.7 million liters) of oil in 24 hours before one of the robots bumped into it.
Meanwhile white Florida beaches are now turning black. Video by Michael McLean.

Gas War Moscow-Minsk The Whole EU under attack

Reduced supplies to Lithuania. Brussels says it is an attack against the whole EU

BRUSSELS, Jun 23 - The gas war between Moscow and Minsk made a first European victim: Lithuania, which depends on Russian supplies by 100%. The small Baltic Republic reported today in less than 40% of Russian gas transiting Belarus. The reaction of the EU commissioner for energy, the German Ottinger, 'was immediate and harsh:' It 's not a problem for one country, ' it is an attack against the entire European Union, 'he said after the meeting with Ukrainian Minister of Energy.