Environment ministry puts plans for city diesel car bans on hold
Berliner Morgenpost
The environment ministry has put plans to facilitate diesel car bans in cities on hold, reports newspaper Berliner Morgenpost. State secretary Jochen Flasbarth told the paper that plans for the introduction of a 鈥渂lue badge鈥� were put on ice until a transport ministry鈥檚 working group could table its own proposals to reduce emissions in autumn. 鈥淏lue badges鈥� would give cities a legal basis for banning older diesel cars in order to bring harmful nitrogen oxide emissions within EU limits. The transport ministry and business groups had opposed the plans, according to the article.
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