Today is the second anniversary of Dieselgate!
Our "jubilee" blog post looks at what has - or more precisely has not - happened in the more than 100 weeks since the scandal first broke. bit.ly/Dieselgate2Years
"In September 2015, car manufacturer Volkswagen was caught red-handed
in the use of ‘defeat devices’ - software enabling its diesel cars to
pass pollution emissions tests, while actually exceeding EU pollution
limits by more than ten times once on the road.
[...]
As
we write, two years have already passed since the Dieselgate scandal
first made headlines. Citizens, diesel car owners, environmentalists,
and public health professionals remain outraged at the extent of the
duplicity and the collusion that has enabled it to go on for so long –
without an end in sight yet.
Whether it is in Berlin or Brussels,
the car industry is still setting the agenda for emissions regulation
and politicians have been unwilling to cut their ties to the car lobby
to finally get tough on diesel vehicle emissions. Until they do, the
health of millions of people across Europe will continue to suffer from
the consequences."
