Overview
- The Higher Administrative Court of Berlin‑Brandenburg suspended the municipal development plan for the Baruth/Mark site after a legal challenge by the environmental group Grüne Liga.
- Roughly 17 hectares of pine forest slated for the project may not be cleared while the provisional ruling stands.
- The court identified a clear defect in the plan, noting it failed to designate areas without noise limits required for loud industrial uses.
- The judges did not rule on wider claims about species protection or water extraction, leaving those issues unresolved.
- Red Bull and Rauch aim to build a can‑making plant about 50 kilometers south of Berlin after acquiring Urstromquelle in 2023, while critics warn of up to 2.5 million cubic meters of annual water withdrawal that the companies dispute.