Numerous emissions tests have found defects in the diesel particulate filters of many internal combustion vehicles. The Swiss Automobile Association (AGVS) is sounding the alarm: one in five diesel cars could pollute the air more than is permitted under the emission limits.
Grenoble is the first French city to sue the state for inaction on air pollution. Grenoble is demanding the annulment of the Plan for the Protection of the Atmosphere (PPA3) because the limits set are too high. So far, only individuals or associations had sued.
In the course of the diesel scandal, both Volkswagen and the Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) had been involved in the legal dispute of the German Environmental Aid (DUH) against the defeat devices active in many combustion engines. The Administrative Court in Schleswig has now ruled on the involvement of the Federal Office and the inadmissibility of the retrofits planned by the carmakers. It could be expensive for both sides.
A long-distance driver received an exorbitant fine for failing to pre-register for access to the London environmental zone. Now he is fighting the fine and forming a class action lawsuit against the British capital.
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.
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.
Electric Corsas have to go back to the workshop because they do not comply with the exhaust emission regulations. A mere formality in connection with the statutory exhaust emission measurement, which could nevertheless be inconvenient for many motorists.
At the expense of the environment, hauliers save money on exhaust gas purification with illegal devices. Will new controls be introduced? Or are environmental zone regulations to be tightened to prevent exhaust manipulators from polluting the air unnoticed?
After the VW-emissions-scandal, a 35-year-old American is now at the centre of the diesel controversy. Because he sold exhaust manipulation devices, he now has to go to prison - as the price for the environmental damage he caused.
Following inconsistencies in the system of the environmental zone around Plaza Elíptica, the city council has decided to refund all fines imposed on citizens up to May. Whether the authorities need to provide more clarity in the capital's low emission zone regulations?
