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expressed serious concern over the possible environmental fallout from the Nord Stream and said it should not be allowed to go ahead.Estonian MPs said in particular that the project"s developers "failed to take into account the specifics of the Baltic Sea as a sensitive ecosystem."
The pipeline will not pass through Estonia, so it has no direct say in the project, but it can present its point of view to transit countries.
Estonian MPs urged their colleagues in other Baltic states to closely supervise environmental risk assessment and the process of granting construction licenses.
The environmental safety of the project, which is due to go on stream in 2012, has been queried by several transit countries, including Finland.
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