Tesla’s German gigafactory is polluting Berlin’s drinking water by injecting six times more hazardous pollutants into the water system than its permits allow, local authority says

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  1. Matthew Field for the Telegraph:

    *Officials from the local water authority near Tesla’s factory in Grünheide have written to the region’s mayors demanding the electric car company close its wastewater line until further notice.*

    *The regional water board has called for a general meeting on Friday to discuss its concerns that Tesla’s factory has been ejecting six times more hazardous pollutants into the water system than its permits allow, Stern magazine reported.*

    *“Alternatives are no longer available,” wrote the Strausberg-Erkner water association.*

    *Stern reported Tesla had been warned five times since last March that its pollution levels were exceeding its agreed limits but it had not taken action. The levels of phosphorus and nitrogen in the water repeatedly exceeded allowable levels, the report claimed.*

    *Local scientists claimed outflows from the factory ultimately ended up at a water plant near Berlin, which is then returned to the River Spree, potentially adding contaminants to the local drinking water.*

    *Tesla has repeatedly clashed with the local water board, which has lobbied against the further expansion of the plant. Mr Musk has previously laughed off concerns the plant could threaten the region’s water supply.*

  2. The electric car doesn’t exist to save the environment. It exists to save the car industry.

  6. Coulnd’t we stop relations with Russia, Belarussi and Musk, it’s a band of unnecessary idiots

  9. By US standards this sounds fine, drink up and stop bitching

  10. >Mr Musk has previously laughed off concerns the plant could threaten the region’s water supply.

    Not surprised. He would never care about drinking water quality as long as its not about his water.

    EU should be stricter with environmental laws and regulations.

    Money from gigafactories is good, but health of environment and locals is more important.

  11. I don’t think this is true. There was a lot of baseless accusations and activism against this factory.

  13. Okay I might be naive but I thought Germany took rules seriously. How does this happen? And then is allowed to continue for 2 years?

    What has the world come to, when “Ordnung muss sein” no longer applies?

    🙁

    PS: sending obligatory fuck you to that piece of shit Musk.

  14. Well, they’re already polluting the air with all that fresh coal so they thought they could just pollute water as well and call it even

  15. why not empty his pocket like they did with that software manipulators in US? 10 Billion should be enough.

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