中國(guó)綠發(fā)會(huì)向大眾提起“環(huán)境公益訴訟”

　　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.

　　國(guó)內(nèi)環(huán)保團(tuán)體就德國(guó)大眾汽車排放作弊事件提起環(huán)境公益訴訟。這是中國(guó)首例與機(jī)動(dòng)車尾氣污染有關(guān)的公益訴訟案。

　　環(huán)境公益訴訟(environmental public interest lawsuit)即有關(guān)環(huán)境保護(hù)方面的公益性訴訟(public interest lawsuit/public interest litigation)，是指由于自然人、法人、或其他組織的違法行為或不作為，使環(huán)境公共利益遭受侵害或即將遭受侵害時(shí)，法律允許其他的法人、自然人或社會(huì)團(tuán)體為維護(hù)公共利益而向人民法院提起的訴訟。

　　中國(guó)綠發(fā)會(huì)(China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation)在起訴書稱：被告為了追求低成本高利潤(rùn)(for the pursuit of higher profits)，進(jìn)口故意制造的不合格汽車，惡意規(guī)避中國(guó)法律法規(guī)的監(jiān)管(circumvent Chinese laws)，加重了大氣污染(worsen the air pollution)，損害了民眾的健康，侵犯了社會(huì)公共利益，違反了產(chǎn)品質(zhì)量、環(huán)境保護(hù)、侵權(quán)責(zé)任(tort liability)等多部法律、法規(guī)、規(guī)章的規(guī)定，造成了嚴(yán)重的環(huán)境損害后果，應(yīng)該承擔(dān)環(huán)境侵權(quán)的法律責(zé)任。

　　自從新《環(huán)保法》于2015年1月1日起為環(huán)境公益訴訟“開閘”以來，全國(guó)各地環(huán)保組織提起的公益訴訟案件有40多件。