A Volkswagen company logo adorns the VW factory in Wolfsburg, Germany November 20, 2015. Text reads : 'We need transparency, openness, energy and courage.'[Photo/Agencies]
A Volkswagen company logo adorns the VW factory in Wolfsburg, Germany November 20, 2015. Text reads : 'We need transparency, openness, energy and courage.'[Photo/Agencies]
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A domestic environmental group has filed an environmental public interest lawsuit against Volkswagen over the company's cheating on emissions readings. It is the first public-interest lawsuit in China related to pollution from automobile exhaust.
国内环保团体就德国大众汽车排放作弊事件提起环境公益诉讼。这是中国首例与机动车尾气污染有关的公益诉讼案。
环境公益诉讼(environmental public interest lawsuit)即有关环境保护方面的公益性诉讼(public interest lawsuit/public interest litigation)，是指由于自然人、法人、或其他组织的违法行为或不作为，使环境公共利益遭受侵害或即将遭受侵害时，法律允许其他的法人、自然人或社会团体为维护公共利益而向人民法院提起的诉讼。
中国绿发会(China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation)在起诉书称：被告为了追求低成本高利润(for the pursuit of higher profits)，进口故意制造的不合格汽车，恶意规避中国法律法规的监管(circumvent Chinese laws)，加重了大气污染(worsen the air pollution)，损害了民众的健康，侵犯了社会公共利益，违反了产品质量、环境保护、侵权责任(tort liability)等多部法律、法规、规章的规定，造成了严重的环境损害后果，应该承担环境侵权的法律责任。
自从新《环保法》于2015年1月1日起为环境公益诉讼“开闸”以来，全国各地环保组织提起的公益诉讼案件有40多件。
