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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

Access to Justice Corporate Accountability Mining

Lungowe v. Vendanta Resources PLC

Lungowe v. Vendanta Resources PLC [2016] EWHC 975 (TCC) (May 7, 2016) England and Wales High Court (Technology and Construction Court) More than 1,800 residents of four Zambian communities near the Nchanga copper mine brought an action in the UK…

Matt
November 10, 2016

Access to Justice Industrial water pollution Pollution, Water Rivers Water Resources

Gauri Maulekhi v. Union of India

Gauri Maulekhi v. Union of India, Original Application No. 486 of 2014 (May 4, 2016) National Green Tribunal A community member filed a case with the National Green Tribunal to force regulators to control toxic effluent and fly ash being…

Matt
November 10, 2016

Coal and gas power plants Energy

Montana Environmental Information Center v. Montana Department of Environmental Quality, 326 Mont. 502 (Mont. 2005)

In Montana Environmental, Bull Mountain Development Company proposed to build a coal-fired power plant near a Class I area, which included parks, wilderness areas, and an Indian reservation. Id. at 512. The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) and the…

Matt
October 26, 2016

Climate Change Coal mining Environmental Impact Assessment Mining

Australian Conservation Foundation v. Minister for Planning [2004] VCAT 2029

Environmental groups challenged an amendment to the provisions of a local planning scheme that was necessary for the expansion of the Hazelwood coal mine in southeastern Australia. The petitioners claimed that the environment effects statement (EES) should have included analysis…

Matt
October 26, 2016

Coal and gas power plants Energy

In the Matter of Application of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Cliffside)

In the Matter of Application of Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC (Cliffside), Order Granting Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity with Conditions, NC PUC, Docket No. E-7, Sub 790 The North Carolina Utilities Commission denied Duke Energy’s request to build twin…

Matt
October 26, 2016