Drive legal action for climate
The fossil fuel industry is planning around 114 new coal and gas projects across Australia.
Extreme weather events like bushfires and floods are projected to worsen across the country as the climate warms. Protecting wildlife and communities from polluting fossil fuels is more urgent than ever.
The law is often the last line of defence against destructive fossil fuel projects.
With a monthly gift you can be the vital driving force behind our clients’ groundbreaking court cases that hold the fossil fuel industry to account and keep pollution in check.
Your donation provides flexible funding that powers our vital legal work.
The residents challenging the approval of NSW’s largest open-cut coal mine
A group of brave people who live among pollution from the coal mines in the Upper Hunter are taking legal action against the Mount Pleasant coal mine expansion.
Watch their story below.
Watch their story
Wendy and Tony live in the Upper Hunter and knew they had to do something. Find out about their legal challenge to NSW’s largest open-cut coal mine.
You can help ensure communities have a legal voice.
Become an Environmental Defender
Can Australia’s wildlife survive more coal and gas?
Coal and gas expansion threatens the survival of our native forests and our beautiful, unique wildlife.
Thousands upon thousands of koalas and gang gang cockatoos died in the Black Summer bushfires. Now, both species are endangered.
Climate change means more frequent and hotter bushfires and more destructive floods, putting the survival of our precious native animals under threat.
Become a monthly giver to drive legal action to protect wildlife
Join us todayYour monthly donation today will:
• Provide the critical, reliable support needed to sustain legal battles for our climate, no matter how long they take.
• Ensure we can take urgent legal actions when it’s most needed, like an injunction to stop destructive seismic blasting.
• Help us plan for the long term and drive critical law reform.
Support the legal fight for our climate, wildlife and communities in the most effective way possible
Become a monthly giver todayTogether, we can use the law to turn the climate crisis around
By becoming a monthly giver, you will help the legal fight against destructive fossil fuels in the most effective way possible.
The law is often our last line of defence to keep fossil fuels in the ground.
We have the expertise to hold governments and big polluters to account using the law, but without passionate people like you, we won’t have the resources to take action in the courts.
About EDO
Driven by dedicated supporters like you, Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) is the largest environmental legal centre in the Australia-Pacific, dedicated to protecting our climate, communities and shared environment by running groundbreaking legal cases, leading law reform and providing access to justice.
Defending the environment with and on behalf of First Nations peoples, community groups and individuals in the highest courts.
Holding government and industry to account over matters like development, pollution, and environmental destruction.
Designing and advocating for stronger state and federal environmental laws to protect our environment and native species.
