FILE - The logo of German car manufacturer BMW is fixed at the headquarters in Munich, Germany, May 14, 2021. A German court has rejected a lawsuit by environmental campaigners seeking to force automaker BMW to stop selling combustion engine vehicles by 2030. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)
FILE - Greenpeace activists protest with a banner reading "Future" on a big scale with a SUV car during the Supervisory Board meeting of car maker Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Dec. 9, 2021. A German court on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, rejected a lawsuit by environmental group Greenpeace aiming to force automaker Volkswagen to stop selling vehicles with combustion engines by 2030. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
FILE - The logo of German car manufacturer BMW is fixed at the headquarters in Munich, Germany, May 14, 2021. A German court has rejected a lawsuit by environmental campaigners seeking to force automaker BMW to stop selling combustion engine vehicles by 2030. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, file)
FILE - Greenpeace activists protest with a banner reading "Future" on a big scale with a SUV car during the Supervisory Board meeting of car maker Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg, Germany, on Dec. 9, 2021. A German court on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023, rejected a lawsuit by environmental group Greenpeace aiming to force automaker Volkswagen to stop selling vehicles with combustion engines by 2030. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit by environmental group Greenpeace aiming to force automaker Volkswagen to stop selling vehicles with combustion engines by 2030.
The civil case echoes several other lawsuits brought by climate campaigners, including one against luxury car manufacturer .
The Braunschweig regional court ruled Tuesday that VW was acting within the law, German news agency dpa reported.
The automaker welcomed the verdict, but Greenpeace said it would appeal.
“Companies like Volkswagen which harm the climate have a responsibility to lower their CO2 emissions much faster and end their fossil business models,” the group said in a statement. “That's the only way to slow the climate crisis.”
greenhouse gas emissions such as those produced from burning fossil fuels need to be sharply reduced in the coming years to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) this century.
European Union lawmakers on Tuesday approved a deal cut in October to .
The 27-nation bloc’s Council of member states still needs to provide final approval of the deal. Conservative politicians in Germany, which has a powerful auto lobby in VW, Mercedes and BMW, want exemptions for vehicles that burn synthetic fuels produced with renewable energy.
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