Stricter Air Limits: Cities See Industry as Mandatory

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Cities are urging the federal and state governments to hold polluters more accountable in order to achieve the planned stricter limits for clean air. Before the cabinet decision on implementing the EU Air Quality Directive in Germany, Burkhard Jung, president of the German Association of Cities, told the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND): "Placing the responsibility solely on the cities is the wrong approach. The states must remain jointly re…

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The Federal Cabinet decides to implement the EU directive on air quality. It provides for stricter limit values from 2030. Municipalities have already done everything, says city president Burkhard Jung to the RND and calls on the federal and state governments to act.

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The cities require the federal government and the Länder to take polluting agents more seriously in order to reach the planned stricter limit values for clean air. Prior to the cabinet decision for the implementation of the EU Air Quality Directive in Germany, Stadttag president Burkhard Jung told the editorial network Germany (RND): "The responsibility alone to burden the cities is the wrong way. The countries must remain responsible for the cr…