Note added on Monday February 24, 2019:
My original February 22 article starts here:
Tesla was clearing about
I found out yesterday that a German court had already ruled on Thursday February 20, two days BEFORE my article, that Tesla "can resume cutting down trees at a forest site in the small town of Gruenheide" in order to make way for a production facility, according to Bloomberg.
The court found that local authorities were not violating laws when they allowed work on the factory to start, throwing out a complaint that was filed by an environmental group days ago.
The court found that local authorities were not violating laws when they allowed work on the factory to start, throwing out a complaint that was filed by an environmental group days ago.
My original February 22 article starts here:
Tesla was clearing about
"150 soccer fields"
worth of forest near Berlin,
and was forced to relocate
several species of animals.
Cutting down
"thousands of trees"
to make space for Tesla's
new German Gigafactory.
Tesla cutting down a forest,
for space to build
an electric vehicle factory,
is '2020 environmentalism' !
Protesters previously
organized a
"Forest Walk"
to protest Tesla's
tree removal activities.
They were dressed
in yellow vests,
like the "Yellow Vest
Movement" in France,
concerned about
deforestation, and
possible effects
of the new factory
on drinking water
in the area.
A German court
ruled that Tesla
must halt all
the forest
clearing .
The court
issued an injunction
against
further construction,
after overturning
a lower court's ruling
against
environmental group
Gruene Liga Brandenburg,
who was trying
to prevent Tesla
from clearing
the forest.
The court
is expected
to render
a final
decision
soon.
Joerg Steinbach,
spokesman for the
regional government
said: "Tesla and the
local government
have already filed
their response
to the complaint
and are now
relying on
the prompt
decision
of the court."
The court order
could hinder Tesla's
proposed mid-2020
date to open the factory.
Elon Musk claims
the electric vehicle
factory would produce
500,000 cars per year
and employ 12,000 people.
However, Elon Musk
tends to exaggerate
... a lot !
tends to exaggerate
... a lot !