Despite the flop with the project for a Friedrichstrasse without cars, the capital is once again pinning its hopes on car-free street sections. In Spandau and Mitte, the second attempt will initially find space.
The Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) is taking legal action against the Ampel government for failing to meet its climate targets. Immediate programmes should soon find a place in implementation if Germany wants to close the climate protection gap in the areas of transport and buildings.
Green technologies could lead to power outages because of their energy requirements. To avoid such a risk, the grid agency is now considering restricting e-car charging - with the ultimate goal of expanding the country's electrical infrastructure.
Temporarily, some of the capital's side streets are to be closed to traffic during the coming warm months. This is to create more space for the community - and at the same time make a big contribution to environmental and health protection.
For years, exhaust manipulation has sparked debate between environmentalists and carmakers - because the environmental consequences of illegal defeat devices should not be underestimated. Now the German Environmental Aid (Deutsche Umwelthilfe) is taking legal action against type-approvals of vehicles with thermal windows.
Emission levels caused by transport were still too high in 2022, pushing Germany away from achieving its climate protection targets. The reason? Among other things, the abolition of some environmental zones and diesel driving bans?!
For economic reasons, the cruise company does not use LNG to supply its ships. But what if the green future of shipping actaully lies in other environmentally friendly propulsion technologies?
Three years after the exhaust manipulations of trucks uncovered by the German Environmental Aid, there are still too many trucks on the road with excessive nitrogen oxide emissions. The environmental association calls on the Federal Ministry of Transport to finally take action against this.
The new year is barely a few days old, but already there are important changes in the environmental zones in many European cities. Because in the coming year, cities and municipalities are again planning to reduce traffic through low emission zone regulations and thus to control vehicle emissions more strongly. Green-Zones® lists the new rules for January.
Despite extremely high pollution levels, filter obligations and environmental zone regulations could soon disappear from the federal state. Deutsche Umwelthilfe accuses the state government of deliberately worsening air quality.
