EU calls for more natural gas storage

The

European

Union

called today on member nations to ramp up natural gas storage and build more pipelines to cope with any future cutoff in energy supplies from Russia.

In January, thousands of homes went without heating and some power plants shut down when gas stopped flowing through pipelines from Russia due to a payment dispute with its neighbor Ukraine.

EU officials complained that Europeans were held hostage by the row and are seeking new routes and sources for energy