A lawsuit filed by a German environmentalist group against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project does not stand a chance of succeeding, Klaus Ernst, chair of the parliamentary committee for the economy and energy, said Thursday
BERLIN (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 06th August, 2020) A lawsuit filed by a German environmentalist group against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project does not stand a chance of succeeding, Klaus Ernst, chair of the parliamentary committee for the economy and energy, said Thursday.
Deutsche Umwelthilfe, or DUH, argues that the project, which aims to bring Russian natural gas to northern Germany under the Baltic Sea, poses a greater environmental risk than previously thought. It wants a local mining authority to recall pipelaying permits.
"Naturally, the legal way is open for DUH. But considering that the permits were issued in line with the law and the project is more than 90 percent complete I understand that the lawsuit has no chance of success," Ernst, of The Left party, told reporters.
A higher court in Greifswald has been looking into the lawsuit against the Stralsund Mining Authority since July 27, Martin Redeker, the court's spokesman, has told Sputnik. The regulator threw DUH's similar complaint in June.
