Berlin’s Hackescher Markt S-Bahn station on a frigid January night. (Courthouse News photo / William Dotinga)
LUXEMBOURG (CN) Germany has been violating European Union pollution standards since 2010, the bloc’s top court ruled on Thursday.
Not available in English, the decision from the European Court of Justice says that Berlin failed to take appropriate measures to curb nitrogen dioxide emissions between 2010 and 2016.
“The Federal Republic of Germany has manifestly failed to adopt appropriate measures in good time to ensure that the time limits for exceeding the limit values fixed for NO2 are as short as possible,” the Seventh Chamber wrote.