According to German media Tagesspiegel, the local administrative court in Frankfurt, Germany, issued a temporary injunction on December 8th, prohibiting Tesla from further logging forests near its new factory location on the outskirts of the river Oder.
Last year, Tesla announced that it would build its first super factory in Europe in Gruenheide, on the outskirts of Berlin, and plans to launch production of Model Y before July 2021. Tesla submitted an application to the German Federal Environmental Office to log the forest and build the factory, and was approved in February of this year.
However, environmental protection organizations such as the Nature Conservation Association of Brandenburg (NABU) and the Green Alliance sued, claiming that logging the forest would affect the winter hibernation of the Eurasian Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca) and demanded that logging be stopped.
(Eurasian Smooth Snake)
Environmentalists also said that the destruction of the forest would also affect the survival of the local Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis), and the relevant departments are verifying this information.
Currently, the local administrative court has not made a ruling on this matter. A court spokesperson said on Tuesday that Tesla will negotiate with the Brandenburg State Department of the Environment, and the court will make further evaluations.
🔗 Source: Tagesspiegel, Reuters
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