Farmers to Fight Gold Mine Proposal to Protect Water
Farmers and community members will head to the NSW IPC to oppose a proposed gold mine in central-western NSW over its impacts on water. Our lawyers are providing expert legal...
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Analysis: The Walls are Closing in on Fossil Fuels
By Director of Legal Strategy Elaine Johnson It has been a big couple of weeks in the world of climate litigation, as three significant judgments were handed down by courts in...
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Adani Mine’s Water Plans Set to Face New Scrutiny After Court Win
In a win for the community and our clients, the Federal Court has upheld our client the Australian Conservation Foundation’s legal challenge to the approval...
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Win as wetlands saved from gold exploration
EDO’s Freshwater Team has helped save an internationally significant wetland from mining activity – Managing Lawyer Dr Emma Carmody and Solicitor Huw Calford explain A...
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EDO to Give Evidence at Another Hearing into EPBC Act Amendment Bills
By Head of Policy Reform Rachel Walmsley Today, EDO is giving evidence at a parliamentary inquiry hearing into another EPBC amendment bill – this time it is the...
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Community Discontinues Maules Creek Mine Offsets Case After Minister’s Decision
After years of community concern and engagement, the conditions for the Maules Creek Coal Mine have been varied by the Federal Environment Minister to acknowledge that...
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Tahmoor Coal Mine Extension Approved by NSW IPC
The Tahmoor South Coal Project has been approved by the NSW Independent Planning Commission (IPC). Mine owners SIMEC Mining, whose parent company...
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Defending World Heritage Springbrook National Park from water mining
Lawyers from the EDO are going to the Queensland Planning and Environment Court to defend the Springbrook World Heritage Area from groundwater mining, which...
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NSW’s Overdue Water Resource Plans Hampered by Further Delays
Dr Emma Carmody, Managing Lawyer, Freshwater TeamHuw Calford, Solicitor, Freshwater Team After more than two years of delays, a crucial element of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan...
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Joy for EDO Clients as Shenhua Coal Mine is CancelledÂ
In a massive win for Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) clients, Traditional Owners and farmers, the Shenhua coal mine proposal in north west New South Wales has been cancelled....
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