Berlin – Tesla received the final building permit for its already completed Gigafactory in East Brandenburg from the state on Friday. The plant is controversial because most of it is located in a drinking water protection area and because the drinking water supply is problematic throughout East Brandenburg. On Friday, the Nature Conservation Union (Nabu) and the Green League won a partial victory at the Frankfurt (Oder) Administrative Court. They had sued the State Environment Agency. This allowed a waterworks to pump more water. Only then was the water association able to conclude a supply contract with Tesla. The associations saw clear procedural errors when increasing the delivery quantities and were partly right. A conversation with Nabu boss Christiane Schröder about the reason for the lawsuit, about the “Tesla speed” of the authorities and about whether the environmental organizations are the spoilsports in the largest industrial investment in East Germany.
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