The Territory Water Plan released today has many positive features that will improve management of this most precious resource, but much depends on how well and how quickly its measures are implemented. [1] Environmental Defenders Office Managing Lawyer (NT) Elanor Fenge said the NT Government appeared to have made important changes as a result of […]
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South Australia’s peak environment body has asked the ASIC to investigate whether fossil fuel company NeuRizer has misled or deceived investors and consumers about the climate impacts of its proposed urea fertiliser plant at the mothballed Leigh Creek coal mine. [1] NeuRizer is proposing to operate an underground coal gasification (UCG) facility and fertiliser factory […]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the Nature Repair Market Bill 2023 (the Bill). EDO strongly supports investment in environmental restoration and for funding to go to landholders across Australia for biodiversity stewardship. The focus of any scheme established to galvanise investment in restoration and nature repair must be the […]
Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission in response to the consultation paper on the design of an Australian fuel efficiency standard (FES). EDO has long advocated for reforms to address emissions from the transport sector, and that transport planning should be better linked to strategic planning and emissions reduction targets. […]
EDO welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and Climate Change’s report on enhancing climate change legislation, support for climate change litigation and advancement of the principle of intergeneration justice, to be presented to the United Nations General Assembly in October 2023. Our submission provides overarching comments on Australia’s climate […]
EDO provided this submission to the UN Special Rapporteur investigating the implications for human rights of the environmentally sound management and disposal of hazardous substances and wastes. Our submission provides insights into how Australian law does not protect human rights to be free of toxic pollutants, and changes that must be made at a national […]
Last night’s ABC 7.30 report into alleged pollution incidents in the Beetaloo highlights the importance of full compliance with the Pepper Inquiry, including a range of recommendations about the management of wastewater to reduce the risk of contamination or spills. [1] The report comes just weeks after the Northern Territory Government gave the green light to a […]
Traditional Owners Josephine Davey and Jack Green and the Environment Centre NT (ECNT) are appealing the NT Supreme Court’s recent decision in relation to the McArthur River Mine, the state’s most toxic industrial site. Ms Davey, Mr Green and ECNT had, through their lawyers, the Environmental Defenders Office (EDO), challenged the decision of the NT Mining […]
The purpose of the guidelines is to provide guidance to proponents proposing to undertake activities in Australian waters which may affect underwater cultural heritage (UCH). The draft guidelines reflect the legal framework created by the Underwater Cultural Heritage Act 2018 (Cth) (UCH Act) and advise proponents on their obligations created under that Act. The UCH […]
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