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Court: Tesla can continue to clear

2020-02-20T21:48:03.006Z


Environmentalists have stopped clearing the site of the planned Tesla car factory for a few days. But one court decided: The trees may continue to be felled.


Environmentalists have stopped clearing the site of the planned Tesla car factory for a few days. But one court decided: The trees may continue to be felled.

Berlin / Grünheide (dpa) - The US electric car maker Tesla is allowed to clear more trees on the site of its planned factory in Grünheide near Berlin after a court order.

The Higher Administrative Court of Berlin-Brandenburg rejected the urgent requests of two environmental associations against the early approval of clearing in the second instance (OVG 11 S 8.20). This gives Tesla the green light to continue cutting down trees on part of the site before the start of the growing season - initially around 90 hectares. This order can not be contested.

The Brandenburg State Environment Agency had approved the early start of tree felling, but full approval for the construction of the factory is still pending. The environmental association Green League Brandenburg and the association for landscape care and species protection in Bavaria had therefore wanted to stop the clearing on the site. The administrative court in Frankfurt (Oder), however, rejected the urgent requests from both associations last week. The Green League then filed a complaint. The OVG initially prohibited further deforestation.

The OVG has now withdrawn this and explained in its reasoning that the legal prerequisites for the early start of the construction of the plant were rightly affirmed. The competent authority did not have to wait until March for the period for the public participation to expire, because it had the necessary knowledge to assess whether the project was likely to be approved.

The Green League was disappointed. Attorney Dirk Teßmer said: "We were optimistic that it would be different." The attempt to compare the Brandenburg Green League with Tesla had since failed. The "Bild" newspaper and the "BZ" from Berlin reported about it. According to the report, the reason for this was that the Association for Landscape Management and Species Protection in Bavaria does not withdraw its complaint against the rejected urgent application.

Tesla plans to build around 500,000 electric vehicles a year in Grünheide near Berlin next year. Due to the start of the growing season, the clearing on the site should be completed by the end of February. The area on which the forest stands is designated as an industrial area. The forest mainly consists of pine trees. Tesla has announced that it will voluntarily replant more than the felled forest area.

Source: merkur

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