The 1,200-kilometer undersea pipeline aims to deliver more than 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia to Germany. Environmentalists say construction work will harm underwater life in the Baltic Sea.
Deutsche Welle: Nord Stream 2 – German environmentalists sue to halt construction of controversial gas pipeline
A Nordstream employee stands on a platform overlooking the gas pipeline terminal prior to an inaugural ceremony for the first of Nord Stream's twin 1,224 kilometre gas pipeline through the baltic sea, in Lubmin November 8, 2011.
