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Pacific Australia
Biodiversity
Courts Environmental courts
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Mining Coal mining
Pollution, Air Noise
The Land and Environment Court of NSW decided that the proposed mine expansion project would cause unacceptable environmental and social impacts, which were not adequately evaluated in the economic assessments, and that the approval conditions would not satisfactorily offset such impacts, so it decided to refuse Warkworth’s expansion project proposal and replace the administrative decision with its refusal.
South America Argentina
Pollution, Air Noise
Transportation
2002
South Asia Bangladesh
Pollution, Air Emissions controls Noise Vehicle emissions
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