the Federal environment Minister, Svenja Schulze, criticized the debate about the lower limit values for fine dust and nitrogen oxides in German cities as irrelevant. “In the last days, many facts are twisted and people are unsettled,” she said in Berlin. If scientists have doubts, you should Express this. The goal must be enlightenment, and this can come currently being to short. The vast majority of pulmonary doctors was against a lowering of the limit values. “There is a broad scientific consensus on the current limits for nitrogen oxides and particulate matter,” said the SPD politician. “Limits are a social guarantee for clean air,” said the Minister. “I see no reason for this to weaken.”
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The President of the Federal environment Agency, Maria Krautzberger, dismissed allegations that the Measuring sites in Germany were such that the values were particularly high. Germany, the fair is not more stringent than other States, she said.To the criticism of the German measuring stations Krautzberger said: “Germany measures the air quality is not more stringent than other EU countries.” The Federal environmental Agency would be glad if the discussion on better living will drawn quality, and better air, debates over the limits or monitoring stations would not help, she said.
international lung specialist doctors for maintaining the limit values
International lung specialist doctors have, meanwhile, objected to the group of more than 100 lung specialist doctors, had launched the debate in the past week, by providing the applicable particulate matter and nitrogen oxide limits in question. The Forum of the International lung societies (FIRS) to agree to the national German Standards, European Standards and those of the world health organization (WHO) strongly stated in a in the “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung” published an opinion.
The air pollution damages according to the assessment by the international group of specialist doctors not only the lungs but also other organs and worsen chronic diseases. The limits are chosen in such a way that even for the chronically Ill, significant negative effects on the health can be excluded. “FIRS thus strongly supports international Standards. Each activity is for a clean air promotes good health“, – stated in the opinion. FIRS is a merger of various international pneumological professional associations. It is led currently by Professor Tobias Welte of Hannover Medical school.
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At a press conference on Monday afternoon, the head of the pneumology at the Charité, Professor Christian Witt, defended once again to the limits. The limits that are required are not set too low but rather too high. The data have been developed since ten years, and the revaluation’ll sit up and take notice. It could not be said that the nitrogen oxides below the limits are actually harmless. There is no safe lower limit.
The Federal government is striving, in view of the conflicting messages from Doctors about the dangers of Diesel exhaust fumes a scientific clarification. The various declarations were taken as an occasion to think about how you could produce a well-informed community Position, said government spokesman Steffen Seibert on Monday in Berlin. It was currently being spoken with the Leopoldina as a National Academy of Sciences.
Scheuer keeps highways safe
In the discussion of a General speed limit of the Federal Minister of transport, Andreas Scheuer has pointed to the safety of German car drivers in the global comparison. “German highways are the safest roads in the world,” said the CSU politician of the “Bild am Sonntag”. Already 30 percent of the highway miles, namely, 7640, would have a speed limit, 18.150 km none. “The System of recommended speed works and has proven itself,” said Scheuer.
the Last consideration is the climate working group of the Federal government were to become known, to one of which a speed limit of 130 kilometers per hour on motorways. Scheuer said that such proposals be understood “against every man”.
“Who wants to go 120, to 120. Who wants to drive faster, must also. What is the approach of the constant nannying?“ A speed limit on the motorways would reduce, therefore, according to Scheuer, the total CO2 emissions in Germany by less than 0.5 percent.
For a critique of pulmonary doctors of the fine dust limit values, said Scheuer, he will make this the topic of the EU Council of transport Ministers. Their call would lead to “the implementation of the limits, questioned and, where appropriate, will be changed”. As the first but had to “be the masochistic debate ended, as we in Germany always put it briefly, self-harm and can be a burden. Especially now the measurement to be checked.“
Söder and Kramp-Karrenbauer jump Scheuer
As Scheuer also Bavaria’s Prime Minister Markus Söder (CSU) and CDU to criticise-the Boss Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, a General speed limit on German autobahns. Söder said the “Münchner Merkur”: “The speed limit is a typical ideological ban on discussions from the green mothballs.” He doubted, in conversation with the newspaper also the Benefits for climate protection. “It brings with it ecologically. We need new technology and none of the old bans.“
Kramp-Karrenbauer pointed at the retreat of the southwest CDU back to the cars on Saturday the idea of a speed limit on the car is also powerful. “What we are experiencing now is a mere phantom debate”, said Kramp-Karrenbauer. A large part of the roads in Germany have already a speed limit.
environment Minister Schulze did not want to set the question of a speed limit on Sunday night. Even though your party has decided a claim, relegating the social-Democrat, in an Interview in the ZDF programme “Berlin direkt” repeatedly on an overall concept, will submit to the Federal government for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. Proposals for transport, was the responsibility of the Minister Scheuer, for agriculture must recommend to the Minister responsible, Julia Klöckner (CDU) measures. She would not comment on “specific proposals”, said Schulze, in any case, the demand for higher taxes on fuel.
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In the “BamS”-Interview suggested Scheuer also, congestion in towns and cities with mobility data from car drivers, to counteract. “If a lot of users would provide personal, anonymized mobility data, this would allow cities to plan transport policy, so that people are less in a traffic jam. The citizens must trust the state.“ So you could develop better mobility and could get an even cleaner air. Scheuer warned at the same time, the car maker, the charging stations network for electric cars to rapidly expand. (dpa, Tsp)