Plan for Russian-German Pipeline Prompts Swedish Concerns Over Impact on Baltic Sea

摘要

Copenhagen—The Swedish government has expressed fears that a proposed gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea could damage the environment by disturbing seabed pollutants.rnThe proposed pipeline is a Russian-German joint venture intended to deliver Siberian natural gas directly to Western Europe without passing through transit states. Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is chairman of the board of directors of the North European Gas Pipeline Co., which is to develop the project.