Air pollution

The air quality in the German capital improved to a certain extent in 2019. Both the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10) levels decreased.

The Berlin Senate is waging war against pollution. It approved its 'air pollution control plan' today, which contains partially drastic steps against traffic in…

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 as well as air and water pollution. Back then, hardly any conservatives or liberals took the movement seriously. They branded the participants violent radicals who had not been brought up…