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Rol No. 55.203-2016 (Mina Invierno case), Supreme Court of Chile (2017)

A mining company (Mina Invierno) proposed a project to incorporate blasting methods at an existing permitted open pit coal mine in southern Chile. Citizens and civil society organizations properly presented petitions for the provision of citizen participation procedures during the…

Matt
April 14, 2017

Coal and gas power plants Coal mining Energy Mining

2001 (Ju) 1760, Judgment upon the case in which the failure of the Minister of International Trade and Industry to exercise the authority to enforce safety regulations…

Persons who claimed to have contracted pneumoconiosis due to having worked in dusty coal mines in the Chikuho region or their successors brought this case to seek damages from the government under Article 1, para. 1 of the Law Concerning…

Matt
March 21, 2017

Access to Justice Coal mining Corporate Accountability Mining Procedural Issues Reclamation and closure Strict liability

REsp 647.493/SC [MPF v. Brazil and mining companies]

REsp 647.493/SC [MPF v. Brazil and mining companies] (22 May 2007): The federal prosecutor’s office (MPF) brought an ação civil pública against the federal government, mining companies, and the officers or partners of the mining companies for environmental degradation resulting…

Matt
February 21, 2017

Biodiversity Coal mining Courts Economics Energy Environmental courts Mining Noise Pollution, Air Valuation methods

Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association Inc v Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and Warkworth Mining Limited

Bulga Milbrodale Progress Association Inc v Minister for Planning and Infrastructure and Warkworth Mining Limited [2013] NSWLEC 48: Residents of the village of Bulga presented an external merits review application to the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales…

Matt
February 21, 2017

Biodiversity Coal mining Energy Mining Precautionary Principle

Ironstone Community Action Group Inc v. NSW Minister for Planning and Duralie Coal Pty Ltd

Ironstone Community Action Group Inc v. NSW Minister for Planning and Duralie Coal Pty Ltd (2011) NSWLEC 195 (10 November 2011) This was an appeal brought by a third party objector (ICAG) against the Minister of Planning’s decision to approve…

Matt
February 21, 2017

Energy

Judgment of the Court (Seventh Chamber) of 21 September 2016, European Commission v. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Case C-304/15

The European Court of Justice found that a coal-fired power plant built in 1971 is violating European standards. The European Commission brought the action claiming that the United Kingdom had improperly applied a derogation of Directive 2001/80/EC of the…

Matt
December 20, 2016

Climate Change Human Rights

Submission to the Philippines Commission on Human Rights

Submission by the U.S. office of the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (ELAW) to the Philippine Commission on Human Rights regarding the on-going investigation into the potential human rights violations suffered by Filipinos who have been impacted by the changing climate…

Matt
November 30, 2016

Access to Justice SLAPP Suits

Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn. BHD v. Hue Shieh Lee

Raub Australian Gold Mining Sdn. BHD v. Hue Shieh Lee (21 October 2016) Malaysia Court of Appeal [Decision upheld on appeal – summary below] Hue Shieh Lee is a resident of Bukit Koman and Vice President of a community organization…

Matt
November 16, 2016

Climate Change Coal and gas power plants Cumulative Impacts Energy Enforcement Environmental Impact Assessment

Border Power Plant Working Group v. Department of Energy, 260 F. Supp. 2d 997 (S.D. Cal. 2003)

In Border Power Plant Working Group v. Department of Energy, the plaintiffs challenged the environmental assessment (EA) prepared for required permits and rights-of-way to build electricity transmission lines. 260 F. Supp. 2d 997, 1006 (S.D. Cal. 2003). The transmission lines…

Matt
November 15, 2016

Climate Change Constitutions

Juliana v. United States

On 17 January 2020, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed orders of the Oregon District Court and remanded the case with instructions for the District Court to dismiss the case for lack of Article III standing. Two judges on…

Matt
November 11, 2016