EDO is concerned that the increasing use of carbon offsets undermines the urgent task of reducing fossil fuel emissions to limit global warming consistent with international agreement, particularly where carbon offsets are shown to be falling short of best practice. In our submission, we raise concerns and examples of increasing corporate reliance on offsetting in […]
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This submission is made in the context of EDO’s primary submission in response to the Safeguard Mechanism Consultation Paper, 20 September 2022 (EDO’s Primary Recommendations). Here, we respond directly to a narrower set of proposals drafted in the Safeguard Mechanism (Crediting) Amendment Bill 2022 and Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Amendment (Safeguard Facility Eligibility Requirements) […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to provide comment on the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Climate Trigger) Bill 2022 (the Bill). We strongly support fundamental legislative reform in this term of parliament to address the inter-related climate and extinction crises. EDO has consistently advocated for climate change considerations to be expressly […]
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The Environmental Defenders Office (EDO) welcomes the opportunity to comment on the Native ForestWood Waste in the Renewable Energy Target – Consultation Paper. The use of native forest biomass to generate electricity has long been a concern for EDO and our clients. In this submission EDO recommends that native forest biomass should be removed from […]
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The NSW Independent Planning Commission’s decision to reject Glencore’s Glendell coal mine expansion in the Upper Hunter is an incredible result for our clients and for all Australians who value First Nations cultural heritage. [1] The IPC today said the project, which would have required the destruction of Wonnarua cultural heritage on the site and […]
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Today, two women from the flood and fire-impacted NSW mid-north coast launched a Constitutional challenge to new anti-protest laws to preserve the democratic freedoms of speech and assembly in NSW. Earlier this year, the NSW Government rushed through amendments to our protest laws without public consultation. The new laws are so broad that a group […]
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The case: In August 2021, a group of survivors of the horrific Black Summer bushfires took a landmark climate case to the NSW Land & Environment Court and won. For the first time, an Australian court allowed evidence on climate change to be heard in a case involving an alleged failure by a government agency – […]
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EDO welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the Independent Review of Australian Carbon Credit Units (ACCUs). Our submission addresses issues of governance, integrity, transparency and accountability in the regulatory framework for carbon offsets, and we recommend that offsetting should be a last resort once emissions have been avoided and mitigated, rather than the […]
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The case: In August 2021, a group of survivors of the horrific Black Summer bushfires took a landmark climate case to the NSW Land & Environment Court and won. For the first time, an Australian court allowed evidence on climate change to be heard in a case involving an alleged failure by a government agency – […]
Read More… from Draft NSW EPA Climate Policy and Action Plan – Have Your Say
