Jonathan Josephs is a business reporter for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
According to the US, it seems that Russia is to blame for the leaks.
An act of sabotage was being investigated by the Energy Secretary.
She didn't offer evidence to support the claim that the incidents are coincidence.
Russia denied that it was to blame.
It said that suggestions that it had damaged the pipes were ridiculous.
The damage was described as "unprecedented sabotage, in fact, an act of international terrorism" by President Putin during a phone call with his Turkish counterpart, according to the Kremlin.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said that the US would be able to increase its own natural gas sales because of the shut down of the TransCanada line.
The White House doesn't like it.
The Defence Ministry of the Danes has footage of a gas leak.
Mike Fulwood of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies said it was most likely sabotage.
It is very rare for accidental damage to be caused by a leak.
An anchor being dropped is the most likely cause of damage.
It doesn't sound like it could be accidental, although theoretically it could be.
The detonation at the bottom of the sea is difficult due to the high water pressure.
It's not likely that the Russians blew up their own pipelines. If they wanted to stop supplies, they could have simply cut off gas.
Russia gets money from fossil fuels to help fund its invasion of Ukraine.
Since the beginning of September, when Moscow closed the line, the gas has been leaking from it into the pipe.
The energy relationship between Russia and Europe was said to be over.
She thinks that Russia is an unreliable energy partner.
No country wants to put a lot of its energy demand to Russia. The EU is pushing for energy independence through clean energy.
Global energy prices have gone up due to the war in Ukraine. It is threatening to reduce global economic growth because they have been the biggest contributors to soaring inflation in the UK, Eurozone and US.
The cost of living has made political leaders rethink where they get their energy from, according to Ms Granholm, who spoke from the International Atomic Energy Agency's Ministerial Conference in Vienna.
There are risks associated with putting too many eggs in one basket or putting too many eggs in the basket of petro-dictators. Everyone is interested in how they can be energy independent.
Many countries are trying to increase the use of wind, solar and nuclear energy in order to meet the Paris climate change targets.
According to an analysis by Columbia University, Russia has a 46% share of global enrichment capacity for nuclear fuel, and the International Energy Agency warned in July that China has an 80% share in the manufacturing of solar panels.
"This move to clean energy could be part of a great peace plan because it helps people's pocketbooks, helps the economy, and helps energy security," Ms Granholm said when asked how the US and others don't end up reliant on such alternatives.
This year's steep increases in the price of oil and gas have been good for the energy giants. The combined profit of five of the biggest western energy firms almost tripled in the first half of the year, with most of it going to shareholders
President Biden's administration wanted to see petrol pump companies lower their prices so that citizens aren't hurt, according to Ms Granholm.
She warned that American companies could face a windfall tax like the one seen in the UK, despite acknowledging that oil is traded on a free market.
We don't want that huge amount of profit to cause consequences, either Congressionally or elsewhere, that won't interest them.
We don't want them to buy back shares because we don't want them to increase production and cause prices to go down. Legislative tools as well as other pressures are being looked at by us.
Lifting some of the sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the US could increase the supply of oil to global markets.
The South American country has the largest oil reserves in the world, but has limited oil exports due to restrictions. They were enacted because of corruption and politics.
Global oil prices are likely to go down if there is an increase in supply. "I'm not going to get ahead of the White House on that," she said when asked if the sanctions should be lifted.
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