Browsing: Climate litigation

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.

A senior NSW judge has rejected arguments by Santos that a community action group should pay its legal costs, after the group lost a climate change test case.

If Western Australia's Conservation Council wins a new Supreme Court case over a major Woodside LNG project, it could affect numerous other large-emitting projects.

The Federal Court is set to decide whether the owner of bonds that mature in 2050 was misled by the federal government because of a failure to disclose climate risks.

Chief Justice Brian Preston of NSW's Land and Environment Court today rejected arguments that the consent for the Santos Narrabri coal seam gas project was invalid on greenhouse gas grounds.

The NSW Nature Conservation Council has launched a legal challenge against a new state water-sharing plan, on the grounds it was developed without properly considering climate change.

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.

Four years after they withdrew previous Federal Court proceedings against the Commonwealth Bank over its climate stance, two shareholders have launched a fresh lawsuit.

With the help of top barrister Noel Hutley SC, an activist shareholder group has launched legal proceedings against Santos over claims in its annual report to have a credible pathway to net-zero.