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19 Feb 2018

Diesel plaintiff DUH sceptical of government efforts ahead of crucial verdict

Environmental Action Germany (DUH)

NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH) says it鈥檚 sceptical of government efforts to prevent driving bans on diesel cars in inner cities, as well as a lawsuit by the European Union over excessive air pollution. With a crucial verdict by Germany鈥檚 Federal Administrative Court over whether diesel driving bans in German cities are legally admissible looming on 22 February, the DUH says it is 鈥渃urious to see鈥 what the court will decide. The DUH, which set the ball rolling on driving bans by launching legal proceedings in the city of Stuttgart, says its cause received 鈥渢ailwind鈥 from the European Commission. German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks was summoned to Brussels to present measures against air pollution, resulting in a vague announcement that free public transport could be offered in several German cities, which DUH says the government itself later admitted was nothing but 鈥渉ot air.鈥 The DUH says clean air will only be achieved if diesel cars 鈥渁re resolutely locked out of inner cities,鈥 as they account for up to 80 percent of nitrogen oxide (NOx) pollution.
In a separate press release, DUH head J眉rgen Resch says reports of a government advisory committee recommending that diesel retrofitting should be paid for from the federal budget are 鈥渁 hoax.鈥 There was no consensus on this matter among the committee鈥檚 members, and taxpayers 鈥渁lready pay enough with their health鈥 for car industry fraud, the press release says.

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See 威力彩玩法鈥檚 dieselgate timeline and the 威力彩玩法 article German cities might test free public transport to cut pollution for background.

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