EU prepares for potential gas crisis (AP)

A boat makes its way on the frozen river Spree in Berlin, Friday Feb. 3, 2012. After a warm January Germany was hit by a cold snap with temperatures far under the freezing point  (AP Photo/dapd/ Axel Schmidt)AP – The European Union is bracing for another potential energy crisis in the dead of winter as Russian gas supplies to some of its member states suddenly have dwindled by up to 30 percent.