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67 Cases found

Decision C-298/16 of June 8, 2016

At issue: Whether the statutory provisions that allow mining activities in sensitive, high-altitude ecosystems (“páramos”) were constitutional.
Jurisdictions:
  • Colombia
    • Constitutional Court
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Students for Climate Solutions v Minister of Energy and Resources

At issue: Whether decision to grant permits for oil and gas exploration was unlawful.
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • High Court of New Zealand
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Greenpeace Nordic and Others v. Norway

At issue: Whether Norway has violated the fundamental rights of Norwegian citizens through the adoption of the decision to license new blocks of Barents Sea for development of deep-sea oil and gas extraction and through the failure to take the necessary measure to address the risk of the climate crisis.
Jurisdictions:
  • European Court of Human Rights
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Greenpeace Argentina et. al., v. Argentina et. al.

At issue: Whether the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development decision to approve the offshore exploration of fossil fuels must be halted and declared null and void for its impacts on climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • Argentina
    • Federal Court of Mar del Plata N. 2
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SkeenaWild Conservation Trust v. Government of Canada

At issue: Whether the Minister for Environment and Climate Change Canada's decision to approve a liquid natural gas project should be set aside based on a flawed environmental impact assessment
Jurisdictions:
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Greenpeace v. United Kingdom

At issue: Whether the drilling permit in the North Sea Vorlich project properly considered climate impacts.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • Scotland
      • Court of Sessions
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Instituto Preservar et. al. v. Copelmi Mineração Ltda. and IBAMA

At issue: Whether climate change should be included as a necessary requirement in developing EIAs for thermoelectric power plants.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Rio Grande do Sul
      • 9th Federal Court of Rio Grande do Sul
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South Durban Community Environmental Alliance v. Minister of Environment and Others

At issue: Whether South Africa's authorization of oil exploration violates climate commitments
Jurisdictions:
  • South Africa
    • High Court
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West Cumbria Mining v. Cumbria County Council

At issue: Whether Cumbria County Council acted lawfully in referring a decision on a planning application for a new coal mine to committee for a fourth time
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Bennett v. Cumbria County Council

At issue: Whether the grant of permission for a new coal mine by Cumbria County Council was lawful
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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R (oao Cox & Others) v Oil and Gas Authority & Others (“Paid to Pollute case”)

At issue: Whether the UK Oil and Gas Authority's new strategy is unlawful.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Thomas & De Freitas v. Guyana

At issue: Whether Guyana's issuing of oil exploration permits violates constitutional human rights
Jurisdictions:
  • Guyana
    • Supreme Court
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Friends of the Earth v. UK Export Finance

At issue: Whether the UK government's decision - that its financing of a liquified natural gas project in Mozambique aligned with its climate commitments - breached public law duties.
Jurisdictions:
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • Court of Appeal
        • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
  • United Kingdom
    • England and Wales
      • High Court of Justice
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Conservation Council of Western Australia v. Hatton and Woodside

At issue: Whether the state EPA's allowing expanded natural gas sourcing violated the state Environmental Protection Act due to environmental and climate impacts
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Western Australia
      • Supreme Court
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KEPCO Bylong Australia v. Independent Planning Commission and Bylong Valley Protection Alliance

At issue: Whether a planning commission's rejection of a coal mine on sustainability and climate grounds was unlawful
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Land and Environment Court
  • Australia
    • New South Wales
      • Court of Appeals
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Center for Food and Adequate Living Rights et al. v. Tanzania and Uganda

At issue: Whether agreements to build the East African Crude Oil Pipeline violate environmental and human rights impact assessment requirements
Jurisdictions:
  • East African Court of Justice
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Thomas v. EPA

At issue: Whether environmental permit that allowed oil exploration and production for 23 years violated Guyanese environmental regulations limiting such permits to five years
Jurisdictions:
  • Guyana
    • Supreme Court
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Sharma and others v. Minister for the Environment

At issue: Whether the Minister for Environment has a duty of care to avoid causing harm to Australian children when deciding whether or not to approve a coal mine expansion. If so, whether an injunction can be sought to stop the Minister from approving the coal mine expansion.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated v Minister for the Environment and Energy

At issue: Whether the Minister was required under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) to consider the impact of scope three greenhouse gas emissions on the climate and the Great Barrier Reef when deciding whether to approve a coal mine.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) v. Stralsund Mining Authority

At issue: Environmental group challenged natural gas pipeline permit.
Jurisdictions:
  • Germany
    • Supreme administrative court of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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