Environmental Group , Files Lawsuit Against , German Government .<br />On January 24, a prominent environmental <br />group announced that it filed a lawsuit <br />against the German government. .<br />On January 24, a prominent environmental <br />group announced that it filed a lawsuit <br />against the German government. .<br />Fox News reports that Friends of the Earth <br />Germany (BUND) accuses the government of <br />failing to meet its own climate targets.<br />Fox News reports that Friends of the Earth <br />Germany (BUND) accuses the government of <br />failing to meet its own climate targets.<br />According to BUND's submission to the Berlin-Brandenburg <br />administrative court, the government should put forward <br />an emergency program to meet those targets.<br />Both sectors have reportedly lagged behind <br />on reaching legally binding targets for reducing <br />the amount of greenhouse gases they produce.<br />According to BUND, time is running short for Germany <br />to meet national climate goals set for 2030 and an <br />ultimate goal of achieving "net zero" emissions by 2045.<br />Earlier this month, a report by the think tank Agora<br />Energiewende warned that Germany's emissions <br />were likely higher than the target set for 2020.<br />Fox News reports that the German government has <br />already laid out an ambitious program aimed at <br />expanding the use of renewable energy in the near future.<br />However, two members of Germany's coalition government, <br />the environmentalist Greens and the libertarian <br />Free Democratic Party, disagree on the plan.<br />However, two members of Germany's coalition government, <br />the environmentalist Greens and the libertarian <br />Free Democratic Party, disagree on the plan.<br />Their ongoing differences have stalled <br />national efforts to significantly reduce <br />fossil fuel use in the transport sector
