Environmentalists win injunction forcing US electric carmaker to suspend forest clearance
Tesla has been forced to suspend forest clearing for a new German plant after environmentalists won an injunction over threats to the habitats of resident lizards and snakes.
The American electric carmaker ran into opposition from two nature conservation groups, which launched urgent court action against the felling of 83 hectares (205 acres) of pine trees for its huge “gigafactory” plant at Grünheide, south of Berlin.
Continue reading…Environmentalists win injunction forcing US electric carmaker to suspend forest clearanceTesla has been forced to suspend forest clearing for a new German plant after environmentalists won an injunction over threats to the habitats of resident lizards and snakes.The American electric carmaker ran into opposition from two nature conservation groups, which launched urgent court action against the felling of 83 hectares (205 acres) of pine trees for its huge “gigafactory” plant at Grünheide, south of Berlin. Continue reading…