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5 Cases found

Instituto Internacional Arayara vs. National Electrical Energy Agency and Brazil

At issue: Challenge of National Agency of Electrical Energy (ANEEL) Auction which aims to hire energy from gas-fired thermoelectric plants.
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ONG Costa Legal and others vs. Municipality of Florianópolis and others

At issue: NGO's seek the declaration of rights of the Conceição Lagoon and structural measures to protect it.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Santa Catarina (SC)
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Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office v. Ricardo Salles and Federal Union

At issue: The Public Prosecutor’s Office seeks to declare administrative improbity and removal of the Minister of Environment for the practice of intentional acts that violated the constitutional duty to protect the environment.
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Institute of Amazonian Studies v. Federal Union and Federal Environmental Agencies (IBAMA and ICMBio) (Chico Mendes Extraction Reserve)

At issue: Seeking to prevent the continuation of illegal deforestation in the Chico Mendes Extractive Reserve (RESEx), to recover the deforested areas and to hold the defendants responsible for their failure to protect the environment.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Acre
      • 2nd Federal Civil and Criminal Court of the Judiciary Section of Acre
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Arayara Association of Education and Culture vs. Copelmi Mineração Ltda. and FEPAM (Guaíba Mine Project and hydrological risks)

At issue: Whether an open pit mine project impacts the balance of water resources and climate change.
Jurisdictions:
  • Brazil
    • Rio Grande do Sul
      • Court of Justice of the State of Rio Grande do Sul (TJRS)
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