Manage Resources
This Law shall set legal and organisational policies for an environmental
impact assessment with a view to avoid environmental damage.
Alberta Wilderness Ass’n v. Cardinal River Coals Ltd. [1999] 3 FC 425 April 8, 1999 A coalition of conservation organizations challenged a ministry decision allowing a coal mine to be constructed just outside the boundary of a national park. One…
European Commission v. Kingdom of Spain, ECJ C-404/09 (2011) (European Court of Justice) November 24, 2011 The European Commission alleged that the kingdom of Spain approved two open-cast coal-mining projects without properly evaluating the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental impacts…
This Order vacated and replaced with new order: Center for Biological Diversity v. NHTSA, 538 F.3d 1172 (9th Cir. 2008)
Zero Zone, Inc. v. United States Department of Energy, 832 F.3d 654 (7th Cir. 2016). Zero Zone, Inc. (Zero Zone), a small business specializing in commercial refrigeration equipment (CRE), and others, petitioned for review of rules published by the…
Earthlife Africa Johannesburg v. Minister of Environmental Affairs and others, Case no. 65662/16 (2017) Earthlife Africa Johannesburg sought judicial review of a decision by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) granting an environmental authorization for a coal-fired power plant and…
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…
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…
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…
