German court upholds tree-felling ban at Tesla plant site
Source: AP
BERLIN (AP) — A German court ruled Saturday that automaker Tesla has to stop clearing trees on some parts of the site outside Berlin where it is building the company’s first electric car factory in Europe.
The top administrative court in the Berlin-Brandenburg region upheld an earlier temporary ban on the clearing of the forested site after two environmentalist groups appealed a lower court’s decision to allow the tree-cutting. It specifically ruled that areas on the fringes of the plot where protected species live may not be cleared.
The court also said that Tesla had not provided demanded information on paying for possible environmental restoration projects until a deadline earlier this week, German news agency dpa reported.
The company planned to open the factory next summer. It was not immediately clear if the ruling would cause a delay.
FILE - In this Dec. 8, 2020 file photo, felled trees lie on the construction site of the Tesla Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany. A German court has ruled that automaker Tesla Inc. has to stop clearing trees on some parts of the site where it’s building its first electric car factory in Europe. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP, File)
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