Environmental Group , Files Lawsuit Against , German Government .
On January 24, a prominent environmental
group announced that it filed a lawsuit
against the German government. .
On January 24, a prominent environmental
group announced that it filed a lawsuit
against the German government. .
Fox News reports that Friends of the Earth
Germany (BUND) accuses the government of
failing to meet its own climate targets.
Fox News reports that Friends of the Earth
Germany (BUND) accuses the government of
failing to meet its own climate targets.
According to BUND's submission to the Berlin-Brandenburg
administrative court, the government should put forward
an emergency program to meet those targets.
Both sectors have reportedly lagged behind
on reaching legally binding targets for reducing
the amount of greenhouse gases they produce.
According to BUND, time is running short for Germany
to meet national climate goals set for 2030 and an
ultimate goal of achieving "net zero" emissions by 2045.
Earlier this month, a report by the think tank Agora
Energiewende warned that Germany's emissions
were likely higher than the target set for 2020.
Fox News reports that the German government has
already laid out an ambitious program aimed at
expanding the use of renewable energy in the near future.
However, two members of Germany's coalition government,
the environmentalist Greens and the libertarian
Free Democratic Party, disagree on the plan.
However, two members of Germany's coalition government,
the environmentalist Greens and the libertarian
Free Democratic Party, disagree on the plan.
Their ongoing differences have stalled
national efforts to significantly reduce
fossil fuel use in the transport sector