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Greenpeace New Zealand v. Northland Regional Council

Reporter Info: [2007] NZRMA 87
Status: Application granted
Case Categories:
  • Suits against governments
    • Environmental assessment and permitting
      • Utilities
Jurisdictions:
  • New Zealand
    • High Court of New Zealand
Principal Laws:
  • New Zealand
    • Resource Management Act 1991
Summary:

New Zealand Court ruled in favor of Greenpeace holding that climate change was a relevant consideration in the government’s consent of greenhouse gas discharge from a proposed coal-fired power station. The Northland Regional Council had granted consent to Mighty River Power Ltd to discharge contaminants from a proposed coal-fired power station at Marsden Point. The court held, under the Resource Management Act 1991, that a consent authority can consider the effects of such discharge on climate change in applications relating to both renewable and non-renewable energy.

At Issue: Challenge to regional council consent to a proposed coal-fired power station
Case Documents:
Filing Date Type File Summary
10/12/2006 Judgment Download No summary available.

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