News on environmental zones and air pollution
Lower Saxony debates
Many cities of the German Land Lower Saxony are concerned by air pollution: Hameln, Hannover, Hildesheim, Oldenburg und Osnabrück. Here, limit values for nitrogen oxides are exceeded regularly. For this reason, the regional government debates future measures against air pollution today. The Great Coalition is against the introduction of a blue badge whereas it is supported by the Greens.