Is NORD STREAM dangerous for Poland's natural enviroment?

The German North Sea offshore area, known as Wattenmeer, or Wadden Sea, is a fragile biological habitat. It is the only home to more than 4,000 animal species, and as much flora. In addition, the region is the seasonal stopover for some 12 million migratory birds.

Due to ecological opposition from all the countries involved, the pipeline project, a joint venture of the Russian gas giant Gazprom and several German energy companies which started in late 2005, has so far not obtained a single construction permit.

Ecology is the most important in modern world

We need to be sure that this project is not dangerous for our beautiful baltic sea.

But Poland is against that project, as well as the Baltic States, Sweden (again ;)), Finland...

2008

Transboundary Environmental Impact Assessment. All major contracts with suppliers have been finalised. Nord Stream to submit transboundary EIA report and national applications in Russia, Denmark, Germany and Finland in line with the national legislation of each country.

2009-2010

Laying of Pipeline 1. The first string of the pipeline will be laid. Before construction can start, a sufficient amount of pipe joints has to be ready in the stock yards along the route...

BB, i'm sure Germans like nature too ;)

Nord Stream is fully committed to preserving the Baltic Sea environment

The pipeline has been planned with profound awareness of environmental issues and conditions of the Baltic Sea.

The Baltic Sea is unique in terms of its flora, fauna, salinity, human activities. We have carefully studied these factors and taken them into account in the pipeline routing.

Nord Stream will meet requirements of the national and international legislation and environmental standards, in particular the Espoo and Helsinki Conventions. Comprehensive Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) will be conducted before implementing the project. It will provide best solutions for possible environmental impacts.

The many existing offshore pipelines in the world with thousands of kilometres of pipelines show that, environmentally, offshore solutions offer a real alternative to onshore solutions

I can't believe not one permit has been pulled.

May 27 (Bloomberg) -- A European Parliament committee said OAO Gazprom's planned underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany poses a ``serious'' environmental threat, compounding the political hurdles for the $12 billion project.

The petitions committee called on EU governments and the European Commission, the EU's regulatory arm, ``to use every legal means at their disposal'' to reduce the project's scale. The committee approved the resolution by a vote of 26 to 3.

German members of the committee failed to win backing for a series of amendments that would have toned down the concerns expressed in the resolution. Efforts to soften the language may continue because amendments can be put to the full Parliament, where Germany's members outnumber those of any other EU country.

the problem is that europe don't trust for Germans.

We need to sit down and think what we should do in this case.

I really trust german high-tech

they are subject to the highest standards and have to fulfill the most grizzly terms and conditions

That's because you can't read properly

so why you have lost in vote.

I don't trust your motives...

As I said...I don't trust your motives...

I don't feel the sea is owned by anyone country, it therefore belongs to the Nation. I would think this would make you feel good that there's concern for the envirorment?

As I said...I don't trust your motives...

I don't feel the sea is owned by anyone country, it therefore belongs to the Nation.

Why should people trust your motives Lukasz. You have taken an interesting and topical subject and, by the 4th post, somehow related it to what terrible things the Germans did in WWII. Poland isn't the only country with a say in the Baltics future. There are other parties at the table.

The pipeline would run through the economic zones of Scandinavian countries including Sweden whose permission is needed. Swedes have voiced concerns that the pipeline may unsettle an area littered with mines from two world wars, hinder shipping, disrupt fishing and deter tourists.

The pipeline would run through the economic zones of Scandinavian countries including Sweden whose permission is needed. Swedes have voiced concerns that the pipeline may unsettle an area littered with mines from two world wars, hinder shipping, disrupt fishing and deter tourists.

do you really think they would give a fyck about the environment of the Baltic Sea???

A considerable amount of nutrients and toxic substances are discharged to the Baltic Sea from Poland. The majority of the pollutants is carried by river flows. The largest of the ten rivers flowing to the Baltic are the Vistula (draining the territories of Belarus, Poland, Slovak Republic and Ukraine) and the Oder/Odra (draining the territories of the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland). While increasing eutrophication is a consequence of elevated nutrient inputs, some of the coastal waters are polluted also by toxic substances, such as heavy metals, chlorinated hydrocarbons and oil. The most polluted areas of the Polish coastal waters are the Gulf of Gdansk and the Pomeranian Bay, both of which absorb significant pollution loads through river outflows. Intensive primary production has been observed in these areas. Along the more open Polish coast, the problems are similar to those in the open Baltic Sea. In the late 1980s hydrogen sulphide was detected in the Gulf of Gdansk in high concentrations. The decrease in fish catches along the entire Polish coast during the last decade has been attributed to changes in living conditions for fish, but overexploitation of certain fish stocks may have played an important role in these changes as well

Details of the 20-page CDU policy paper, to be voted on this week by the party, are still being developed, but main author Andreas Schockenhoff -- deputy chair of the party's parliamentary group -- gave a preview in the German foreign policy magazine Internationale Politik.

In the essay, Schockenhoff argues for Germany to take steps to better protect itself from the threat of a nuclear attack from rogue states, saying it must support "a missile defense shield over Europe."

Who knows...when the Nord Stream workers need a cleared path doesn't it mean that a big part of the Baltic get's cleared for the first time since the war of dangerous elements? That would be a good thing, wouldn't it?

Maybe you are one of Iran supporters dening Holocaust ?

A considerable amount of nutrients and toxic substances are discharged to the Baltic Sea from Poland.