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Making sport safe in a changing climate: A guide for grassroots sport.
In recent years, extreme weather events have caused major interruptions and had serious health consequences at both elite and grassroots levels of sport. Grassroots...
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Federal Parliament wrap for 2024: the good, the bad, and the unfinished business for climate and nature law
By Frances Medlock, Senior Solicitor – Government & Parliament Liaison 2024 has been a big year in the Federal Parliament for the environment and climate. Moves towards...
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NSW Government moving ahead with long-awaited biodiversity reforms
On the final sitting day of 2024, the NSW Parliament passed the Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Biodiversity Offsets Scheme) Bill 2024 (Offsets Amendment Bill) – signalling...
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Forever chemicals to be filtered from Blue Mountains drinking water
Blue Mountains residents are celebrating an important win for community health and the environment after the NSW Government announced they will filter ‘forever chemicals’ from...
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EDO teams refreshed to strengthen Australians access to environmental justiceÂ
After five years as a national organisation, EDO is reconfiguring its legal services to strengthen the delivery of legal solutions for people, nature and our...
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Nature Positive: a summit and a stand off
Australia recently hosted the first Global Nature Positive Summit in Sydney. EDO, along with Businesses, scientists, Traditional Owners, financial institutions, regulators, eNGOs,...
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Formal ACCC complaint lodged against Qantas for allegedly misleading sustainability claimsÂ
EDO client Climate Integrity has asked the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to investigate Qantas for alleged greenwashing following sweeping regulatory...
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Potentially illegal clearing of koala habitat and coal mining discovered at proposed Vulcan South mine site
The Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) has condemned Vitrinite for potentially illegally clearing over 47 hectares of koala habitat and the mining of coal at the proposed...
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HVO mega-mine proposal on hold following Hunter Environment Lobby legal action Â
Hunter Environment Lobby (HEL) has vowed to keep holding coal companies and government approval bodies to account after Hunter Valley Operations announced it was withdrawing its...
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