Regulation & Safety

German auto industry says EU court ruling on city pollution 'outdated'

Germany emissions
Germany saw a wave of litigation in 2018 over air pollution in inner cities and various courts said that local governments needed to improve their plans, including banning older, and more polluting, diesel vehicles from streets that suffered most from pollution. (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg
June 03, 2021 11:47 AM

Germany was handed a stinging rebuke from the European Union’s top court for consistently failing to clean up dirty air in its cities from Berlin to Cologne, endangering public health.

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