Liquefied natural gas (LNG) can be landed on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen and fed into the national distribution network after being converted into gas. The local Environmental Agency authorized the regular operation of the terminal in the port of Mukran on Tuesday, the Ministry of the Environment for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern said in the state capital Schwerin. A spokesman for the ministry said that the authorization will take effect when it is handed over to the operator Deutsche ReGas on Wednesday. The controversial terminal on the east coast of the Baltic Sea island is a…