Analysis: WA EPA new Greenhouse Gas Assessment Policy

By Ruby Hamilton and Sarah Flynne, Solicitors, EDO Perth The new version of the Western Australian Environmental Protection Authority’s Environmental Factor Guideline for Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG Guideline), published on 16 April 2020, is the latest development in response to the ongoing challenges of assessing and regulating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and climate change impacts of […]

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Court challenge to approval of deepwater oil drilling in the Bight

Environmental Defenders Office has launched legal action in the Federal Court on behalf of The Wilderness Society (South Australia), challenging Norwegian multinational Equinor’s plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight. The case seeks to overturn the environmental approval granted just before Christmas 2019 by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management […]

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A state of emergency – EDO is stepping in

By Elaine Johnson, Principal Lawyer Sydney, and Rachel Walmsley, Director of Policy and Law Reform, Sydney Update 9 January 2020: The events of this summer have inflicted devastation on people, places, culture and wildlife on a level that, before now, would have been scarcely imaginable. Frighteningly, the science tells us that without urgent action on […]

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