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24 Cases found

Australian Conservation Foundation Incorporated v Woodside Energy Ltd & Anor

At issue: Whether the Scarborough gas project should be subject to approval under Australia’s national environment law.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Dennis Murphy Tipakalippa v National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority & Anor

At issue: Whether, in the course of preparing its environment plan for regulatory approval, Santos should have consulted with the applicant and his community; Whether the applicant and his community are considered “relevant persons” for consultation under the relevant regulations
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Pabai Pabai and Guy Paul Kabai v. Commonwealth of Australia

At issue: Whether the Australian government owes a duty of care to Torres Strait Islanders to take reasonable steps to protect Torres Strait Islanders, their traditional way of life and the marine environment in and around the Torres Strait Islands from climate change impacts. Further, whether the Australian government has breached the alleged duty by failing to implement measures to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Abrahams v. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (2021)

At issue: Access to a bank’s investment documents to assess its compliance with the Paris Agreement.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility v. Santos

At issue: Whether an oil and gas company's representations that natural gas is a clean fuel and that the company has a credible net zero emissions plan were misleading.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Friends of Leadbeater’s Possum Inc v VicForests (No 3)

At issue: Injunction sought to halt tree clearing
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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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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Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) v Commonwealth Bank of Australia

At issue: Whether a shareholder resolution seeking disclosures of climate-related risks and risk mitigation strategies could be validly put to a general meeting.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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O’Donnell v. Commonwealth

At issue: Holder of Australian bonds sued government to disclose climate risks.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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McVeigh v. Retail Employees Superannuation Trust

At issue: Whether an Australian pension fund violated the law by failing to disclose information on climate business risks and its strategies to address these risks
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Abrahams v. Commonwealth Bank of Australia (2017)

At issue: Bank's alleged failure to disclose climate change-related risks of its investments
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Your Water Your Say Inc. v. Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts

At issue: Challenge to federal agency decision to exclude certain environmental assessments in approving a desalination plant proposal
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland Proserpine/Whitsundry Branch Inc. v. Minister for the Environment and Heritage

At issue: Challenge to federal agency failure to require an environmental impact assessment for a coal mine proposal
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Phosphate Resources Ltd. v. The Commonwealth

At issue: Whether the determination of the fees, upon which the charges to it were based, was invalid. As an interlocutory measure it has sought extensive discovery going to the costs of supplying electricity in the Territory. The question whether such discovery should be ordered depends ultimately upon the construction of the Ordinance. In particular it depends upon whether it is necessary in deciding upon the validity of the determination, to know what were the actual costs of supply to the relevant users in the period for which charges based upon that determination were raised.
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Clean Energy Regulator v. MT Solar Pty. Ltd.

At issue: To impose penalties for providing false information to the government regarding the installation of solar panels and claiming of Renewable Energy Certificates
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Blue Wedges Inc. v. Minister for Environment, Heritage and the Arts

At issue: Approval of permit application without a coastal hazard vulnerability assessment (CHVA)
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v. V8 Supercars Australia Pty. Ltd.

At issue: Challenge to corporation for false green advertising
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v. Prime Carbon Pty. Ltd.

At issue: Suit against corporation for false green advertising
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v. Goodyear Tyres

At issue: Challenge to corporation for false green advertising
Jurisdictions:
  • Australia
    • Federal Court of Australia
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