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On February 22, 2022, [[Germany]] halted approval of this pipeline, as retaliation for troop movements by [[Russia]] concerning [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/22/germany-halts-certification-of-nord-stream-2-amid-russia-ukraine-crisis.html</ref>  Energy prices in [[Europe]] skyrocketed tenfold between 2021 and 2022, and are expected to rise even higher with the political delay of approval of this pipeline.  To appease [[Leftist]] [[environmentalists]], Germany dismantled all 17 of its [[nuclear power]] plants, despite being [[carbon]]-free clean energy.

On February 22, 2022, [[Germany]] halted approval of this pipeline, as retaliation for troop movements by [[Russia]] concerning [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/22/germany-halts-certification-of-nord-stream-2-amid-russia-ukraine-crisis.html</ref>  Energy prices in [[Europe]] skyrocketed tenfold between 2021 and 2022, and are expected to rise even higher with the political delay of approval of this pipeline.  To appease [[Leftist]] [[environmentalists]], Germany dismantled all 17 of its [[nuclear power]] plants, despite being [[carbon]]-free clean energy.

From the White House press briefing room podium, [[Biden junta]] chief [[propagandist]] [[Jen Psaki]] defended the Trump era sanctions against the Nord Stream II pipeline in February 2021, noting that any new pipeline carrying [[fossil fuel]] from Russia to Germany “goes against [[Europe]]’s own stated energy and security goals.”<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/02/16/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-february-16-2021/</ref>  The pipeline is a massive scandal in Germany, with former [[Democratic Socialist]] chancellor [[Gerhard Schroeder]] on the board of the Nord Stream pipeline company and a major stockholder.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/opinion-schroders-russian-sell-out/</ref>   

From the White House press briefing room podium, [[Biden junta]] chief [[propagandist]] [[Jen Psaki]] defended the Trump era sanctions against the Nord Stream II pipeline in February 2021, noting that any new pipeline carrying [[fossil fuel]] from Russia to Germany “goes against [[Europe]]’s own stated energy and security goals.”<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/02/16/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-february-16-2021/</ref>  The pipeline is a massive scandal in Germany, with former [[Democratic Socialist]] chancellor [[Gerhard Schroeder]] on the board of the Nord Stream pipeline company and a major stockholder.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/opinion-schroders-russian-sell-out/</ref>