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.
A group of bushfire survivors that has mounted a court challenge against the NSW EPA has won the right to present expert climate change evidence from a former Australian chief scientist.
A class action against Environment Minister Sussan Ley, launched by teenagers, adds to a raft of climate change litigation now underway on multiple fronts.
An environment group will be allowed to cross-examine witnesses for a mining company that has taken the NSW Independent Planning Commission to court over a refusal of consent for a coal mine.
NSW's Independent Planning Commission today refused consent for a coal mine and rejected claims by the industry and environment department that NSW's climate policy was an irrelevant consideration.
A company that earlier this year had a proposal for an open-cut coal mine refused partly on climate change grounds has decided not to appeal the decision.
In the first climate change judgment since the landmark 'Rocky Hill' test case, a court has warned against treating a policy provision on greenhouse gas emissions as "a magical incantation".
Highlights include court rulings in two states, NSW manuals on biodiversity assessment and floodplain risk, and new waste strategies in two states. Job listings include positions with the Clean Energy Regulator.
If Friday's Gloucester mine ruling stands, companies seeking project approvals will have to do a lot more to explain their carbon emissions abatement strategies, say leading law firms.