What does the Nord Stream pipeline gas leak mean for the environment? | DW News

Now the Swedish Coast Guard has found a fourth

leak

in the North Stream gas

pipeline

s that ruptured after underwater explosions were detected. Scientists say Baltic sea lions could be pumping out the biggest release of methane. Doubts about guilt remain as demanded by both the EU and Russia. answers Moscow has called a meeting of the United Nations security council to address the issue European leaders are concerned about

pipeline

leak

s in the Baltic Sea. The EU says the damage was probably caused by a deliberate act that raises security concerns, but the European Commission has not said who could have been behind the alleged sabotage, every effort is being made to try to identify the origin of these events and of the explosions at the Nordstrom pipelines, we will have to get to the bottom of this before we can say anything about the origin of these explosions and who is responsible for them as Europe's largest natural gas supplier Norway says it will strengthen the security of its energy infrastructure The events in the Baltic Sea have caused the government to decide to further strengthen our preparation around land and marine infrastructure to avoid another incident.

The military will be more present and visible near our oil and gas facilities. EU leaders want retaliation for any attacks on Europe's energy networks. There is no doubt that this is very serious. It's not a coincidence. This was planned. That's

what

I'm into others. Things have been discussed with Ian Stoltenberg, Secretary General of NATO, because this is serious. Russia says it is launching an international terrorism investigation into the leaks and denies accusations it was involved. Well, you know, it is quite predictable and also predictably stupid to make such claims. I repeat again, predictably stupid and absurd that gas leaking from pipelines is also an

environment

al concern, it contains high levels of methane and authorities fear it could be the equivalent of a third of total greenhouse gas emissions.

Denmark's animal greenhouse. Well, to learn more about these

environment

al effects, Sasha Miller now joins us. He is executive director of the NGO Environmental Action Germany. His organization said the leaks have already caused immeasurable damage. Could you put that into perspective for us? Yes, it was said before here in the report that this is the largest meeting leak we have ever had. We've never seen on Earth this is a super emissions event, we've heard three or four pipelines that are now basically losing all of their methane through water into the atmosphere and when you compare the total amount that will be lost if we don't act now. and starting to remove gas from the package will go far beyond Germany's largest lignite power plant and this is that it would account for a third of Denmark's annual emissions, so many of the climate policy measures we have taken in the past they would be null and void.

Because of this one event you said that you apologized to me to pump out the remaining gas, now the head of the Danish energy agency said that most of the gas has already left the pipes and added that the rest will leave by Sunday, so, Would this pump be worth it? Every day we lose is a day lost for the climate, so we should open the gas pipeline on the German side and because of the pressure in the pipeline, a lot of the gas moves. from the pipeline to gas storage facilities or taken to the onshore pipeline system, this is gas that could then be used in the energy crisis.

The same goes for the gas problem of the Russian gas company. Actually, acts could be done on the Russian side, well, this will not do. It will reduce the problem to zero, but it will minimize it at least a little and leave some of the methane burned from the atmosphere. What is, in your opinion, the worst scenario for people living near these leaks? Is there any health problem? In that sense, it is better than an oil leak, so there is no lasting damage to the marine environment. Obviously there has been an explosion. There has been local asphyxiation, but temporarily, but the gas will leave the water, so this is not

what

we will do.

However, what we have in the future is two damaged pipelines, two damaged pipelines on the sea floor and we should eliminate them, we should not have those pipelines anymore and we should fully trust in the future of renewable energy and not in those infrastructures of fossil fuels executive director of the NGO environment environmental action Germany thank you very much for your time