Members of the environmental organization Greenpeace want to investigate the gas leaks at the “Nord Stream” pipelines in the Baltic Sea to find out more regarding the environmental impact of the explosions. 25 activists are with a ship, rubber boats and an underwater drone in the area off the island of Bornholm, as the organization announced today.
For weeks there has been little information regarding how the explosion and the subsequent gas leak affected the environment, Greenpeace criticized.
The environmentalists want to take their own information regarding water and soil samples and document the damage to the seabed. The samples should first be examined for residues of chemical warfare agents and later in the laboratory for explosive residues, it said.
It should also be clarified whether the explosions might have whirled up deposits from the seabed that might have been contaminated with substances escaping from World War I ammunition lying on the ground. “In addition, it should be checked whether methane is still escaping from the destroyed pipes and what effect the previous gas leak has had on site.”
