“Green versus Green”
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
The court case in car industry hub Stuttgart on diesel engines’ nitrogen oxide emissions pits the Baden-Wuerttemberg state’s Greens-led transport ministry against the NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH). This is a case of “Green versus Green”, writes Rüdiger Soldt in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. In court, the state government said it did not want to introduce driving bans in inner cities, as this would only "shift traffic" elsewhere. DUH argued that updating the software in diesel cars would not decrease emissions enough, writes Soldt.
For background, see the CLEW dossier The Energiewende and German carmakers.
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