Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Supplier Entangled by Texas Pollution (1)

The Austrian company that’s the main steel supplier to the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline built by Russia is entangled in a fight about pollution from its Texas plant.

Voestalpine AG, which spent more than $1 billion building the facility, in part to supply its steelworks in Austria, wants permission from regulators in Texas to emit more pollution than originally estimated at its plant in the Gulf Coast. Emissions from the five-year-old factory currently exceed limits and nearby residents have already filed a federal class-action lawsuit.

The legal battle casts a light on the ironies in Voestalpine’s global ...