As the rest of the world rapidly phases out fossil fuels, we should be urgently planning for a just transition for coal and gas communities and a safe climate for our children. ...
Blog NSW
The New South Wales Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) has released preliminary findings alleging unlawful water capture is occurring at the Maules Creek Mine, a massive...
Blog NSW
In September 2019, EDO secured a win in the Federal Court to stop the Queensland Government culling sharks in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Despite media hyperbole playing...
Blog QLD
In a landmark ruling, the Northern Territory Supreme Court revoked a permit to clear more than 20,000 hectares of native vegetation at Maryfield Station, southeast of Katherine. ...
Blog NT
The Independent Planning Commission (IPC) last week approved a significant expansion of the United and Wambo collieries near Singleton. In granting the approval, the IPC imposed a...
Blog NSW
For many years groundwater impacts have been a crucial part of the environmental assessment of proposed mines in Queensland but, without state government action, the public could...
Blog QLD
The site of Shenhua’s proposed three open-cut pits are located on the ancestral lands of the Gomeroi Traditional Custodians.
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In a huge win for our client, the Australian Conservation Foundation, the Federal Government has conceded the case brought against it over Adani’s North Galilee Water Scheme....
Blog QLD
The Western Regional Planning Panel (WRPP) has rejected a proposal to develop a 600-person ‘eco-tourism’ facility on rural land on the banks of an anabranch of the Murray...
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By Fleur Ramsay, Senior Solicitor, and Cecilia Fonseca, Paralegal, EDO NSW International Program In a ground-breaking decision, its first, the Solomon Islands Environment Advisory...
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