Air pollution

The Berlin Senate is waging war against pollution. It approved its 'air pollution control plan' today, which contains partially drastic steps against traffic in the capital's city center, as well as vehicles propelled by Diesel engines. Some driving bans will be imposed. In addition, parking fees will be increased substantially.

Even more bad news for Germany can be found in the study. The latter evaluated 100 major urban areas. As it turns out three of the six cities with the highest…

In the 1970-s, pollution control and environmentalism in general was something parts of the German left fought for. The movement rallied against nuclear power…