New Report: A Healthy Environment is a Human Right
It’s been 50 years since the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment (the right to a healthy environment) was recognised in the Stockholm Declaration. In July...
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Drilling delayed: Santos agrees to halt plans to reach gas from Barossa field while Federal Court considers challenge from Tiwi IslanderÂ
Fossil fuel company Santos has agreed not to drill any new wells in the Barossa gas field, and to stop before it breaches the gas reservoir in its initial drilling, whilst the...
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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility expands landmark Federal Court case against Santos
Sydney, 25 August, 2022​: Today, the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) filed significant new and more detailed allegations against Santos over alleged...
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Federal Court to travel to Tiwi Islands for on-Country evidence in legal challenge to Santos’ Barossa Gas Project
In a historic hearing, the Federal Court has decided to travel to the Tiwi Islands on Monday 22nd August to take on-Country evidence from Traditional Owners in a legal battle over...
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HESTA’s fossil fuel investments may amount to a breach of the lawÂ
HESTA, one of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds, claims to be a leader on climate change. Yet it continues to invest members’ savings into companies actively pushing...
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Our legal solutions for the dire state of the environmentÂ
By Rachel Walmsley, Head of Policy & law Reform and Nicole Sommer, Director, Healthy Environment & Justice Program The latest State of The Environment Report is...
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Australia must support UN General Assembly resolution recognising the right to a healthy environment
By Melanie Montalban (Managing Lawyer – ACT) and Frances Bradshaw (Senior Solicitor), Healthy Environment and Justice Program, Canberra The UN General Assembly is meeting...
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EDO’s Matt Floro recognised as Australia’s Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year
Today we are celebrating the recognition of our Special Counsel Matt Floro as the 2022 Mahla Pearlman Australian Young Environmental Lawyer of the Year. As Special Counsel in our...
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Tiwi Elder seeks urgent injunction to stop Santos’ imminent Barossa gas offshore drilling plansÂ
The Tiwi Elder pursuing a Federal Court challenge to the approval, given by the offshore gas regulator NOPSEMA, of Santos’ Barossa drilling plan is seeking an injunction to stop...
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Bushfire survivors’ legal challenge to massive Narrabri coal mine extension
Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action (BSCA) has launched a legal challenge to the NSW Independent Planning Commission’s (IPC) approval of the extension of Whitehaven...
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