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Baltic Sea Gas Pipeline Meets European Resistance
Resistance to a planned Russian gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea is growing in Europe. Sweden is especially uneasy about the project. Besides environmental concerns, some Swedish politicians fear it may be used for spying.
Gotland is a small island in the central Baltic Sea, just 150 kilometers (93 miles) off the Swedish mainland. Known for its white beaches, this idyllic island is slowly but surely becoming better known for a more recent legacy: its opposition to the Russian gas pipeline project.
Nord Stream, a Russian-German consortium, is planning to build a 1,200 kilometer-long pipeline that will satisfy Europe’s growing demand for natural gas, courtesy of Russian energy giant Gazprom. Starting 2010, the pipeline is expected to pump natural gas from Russia through the Baltic Sea to a location near Greifswald in northern Germany.
“The pipeline is going to go directly along the coast of Gotland,” said Asa Andersson of the Swedish World Wildlife Fund (WWF). “The environmental impact is questionable. Nord Stream has to address all possible scenarios. So far, this has been neglected.”
Andersson said other routes through the Baltic, possibly along previously established pipeline paths, should be examined.
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