The High Court today refused a coal mining company's application for leave to appeal over a refusal of development consent linked to greenhouse gas emissions from coal combustion.
Environment Minister Sussan Ley says she considered a climate change duty of care owed to young people when deciding to approve a Whitehaven coal project.
The NSW Court of Appeal has rejected arguments by a coal company that it was unlawfully refused consent for a mine because of invalid concerns about scope 3 emissions.
The Western Australian government has faced questions in Parliament over its decision to approve Woodside's greenhouse gas abatement program for its proposed Pluto LNG expansion.
Approvals relating to Woodside's Pluto project and the Waitsia 2 gas development are candidates for a new climate duty of care test case under consideration by the WA Conservation Council.
A court has ruled that a group of young people challenging a Clive Palmer coal project must clarify whose human rights will be infringed by its contribution to climate change.
New Hope Group today suffered a comprehensive High Court defeat that means all aspects of its New Acland coal project – including its carbon emissions – must be relitigated.
The Federal Court today scheduled a five-day hearing of a climate change test case, in which a group of teenagers are alleging it would cause them harm if Whitehaven's proposed Vickery coal mine secured EPBC Act approval.
More polluting companies would be prosecuted and their executives could face jail, under new environmental and clean energy proposals released by US presidential contender Joe Biden.