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R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey County Council and others, UKSC 20 (20 June 2024)

R (on the application of Finch on behalf of the Weald Action Group) v Surrey County Council and others, UKSC 20 (20 June 2024) Finch, on behalf of the Weald Action Group, sought judicial review of the Surrey County Council’s…

Jennifer Gleason
January 31, 2025

ELAW – Dr. Fernanda Salinas (6 Dec 2024) “Impactos Acumulativos del Megaproyecto Minero-Energético Pinares-Ecotek, Municipio de Tocoa, Departamento de Colón, República De Honduras.”

Mark Chernaik
December 10, 2024

Climate Change Energy Offshore oil & gas Oil & Gas Onshore oil & gas Seismic exploration for oil & gas

How to Evaluate Environmental Impact Assessments for Oil and Gas Projects

Cover image evaluate oil and gas projects guidebook

This guidebook aims to provide public interest environmental advocates with sufficient understanding to challenge oil and gas projects.

Karen
August 9, 2024

Biodiversity Climate Change Constitutions Endangered species Energy Health Renewables Right to ...Right to Healthy Environment Right to Life Sustainable Development Wildlife

M K Ranjitsinh & Ors. v Union of India & Ors. Supreme Court of India, Writ Petition (Civil) No. 838 of 2019 with Civil Appeal No. 3570 of 2022 (judgment) (21 March 2024)

The case involved the protection of the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican, both described as being on the verge of extinction. M K Ranjitsinh & Ors. v Union of India & Ors., Supreme Court of India, Writ Petition…

Jennifer Gleason
July 15, 2024

Defending Defenders Energy

The Missing “Just” in Vietnam’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP)

A new in-depth report about Vietnam’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) was released in June 2024, outlining the problems with the financing, governance, energy solutions, and participation necessary to achieve a truly just transition. The report, ‘The Missing “Just” in…

Karen
July 9, 2024

Access to Justice Standing

Mussington v. Development Control Authority [2024] UKPC 3, Privy Council Appeal No 0116 of 2021

The case involved a judicial review challenge to the planning decision issued for an airport on the island of Barbuda conducted without the benefit of proper EIA and public participation. A lower court dismissed the case for lack of standing…

Jennifer Gleason
May 31, 2024

Access to Justice Slander/libel/defamation SLAPP Suits

Mineral Sands Resources v. Christine Reddell, et al., Case No. 7595/2017, High Court of South Africa (Western Cape Division, Cape Town) (9 February 2021)

Defamation claims were filed against environmental lawyers at the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER) and several activists. The defendants raised a SLAPP defense, which the Court recognized as a legitimate defense in this interlocutory decision. Mining companies had filed defamation…

Jennifer Gleason
May 21, 2024

Plastic Plastics and plastic waste Waste

Sai Nath Seva Mandal v The State of Uttarakhand and others, Writ Petition (PIL) No. 80 of2012, High Court of Uttarakhand (16 March 2017)

The High Court of Uttarakhand in India heard Sai Nath Seva Mandal v The State ofUttarakhand and others, Writ Petition (PIL) No. 80 of 2012, High Court of Uttarakhand (16March 2017), where the petitioner claimed that municipal waste from Kashipur…

Matt
February 22, 2024

Plastic Plastics and plastic waste Waste

S.J.Jayaram v Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram, WP(C). No. 545 of 2012, High Courtof Kerala (14 September 2020)

In S.J.Jayaram v Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram, WP(C). No. 545 of 2012, High Courtof Kerala (14 September 2020), the petitioner claimed that the city of Thiruvananthapuram failedits statutory duty of collecting waste and disposing of it properly. The petitioner asserted that…

Matt
February 21, 2024