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Environmental Impact Assessment System has been implemented since July 1977
with the revision of Environmental Conservation Act.
The Native Village of Kivalina and the City of Kivalina (jointly referred to as “Kivalina”) are situated on a narrow 6-mile barrier reef. No road connects the village to mainland Alaska. The barrier reef is eroding out from under the…
Save Mon Region Federation v. Union of India, Appeal No. 39 of 2012, National Green Tribunal (7 April 2016) The Save Mon Region Federation, on behalf of the Monpa indigenous community, challenged the environmental clearance granted for the construction of…
Sentence C-035/16 of the Constitutional Court of Colombia (Alberto Castilla et al v. Colombia) Citizens presented constitutional claims against several provisions of the laws that approved the 2010-2014 National Development Plan (Law 1450 of 2011) and the 2014-2018 National Development…
Greenpeace India Society v. Union of India, W.P. (C) 5749/2014 (January 20, 2015)High Court of Delhi at New Delhi Greenpeace India challenged directions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs blocking Greenpeace India’s access to funds transferred to it from…
Resident Marine Mammals of the Protected Seascape Tañon Strait v. Secretary Angelo Reyes, G.R. No. 180771 (April 21, 2015) Supreme Court of the Philippines Two sets of petitioners filed separate cases challenging the legality of Service Contract No. 46 (SC-46)…
ClientEarth v. European Food Safety Authority & European Commission, Case C‑615/13 P European Court of Justice In 2010, ClientEarth and Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe) applied for access to the European Food Safety Authority’s (EFSA) working documents for a…
Giustiniani, Rubén Héctor v. Y.P.F. S.A (November 10, 2015) Supreme Court of Argentina The Argentine Supreme Court ordered YPF (a state-controlled oil company) to disclose an investment agreement it signed with the Chevron Corporation related to extraction of unconventional hydrocarbons. YPF…
Humane Society International Inc. v. Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd. [2015] FCA 1275 (November 18, 2015) Federal Court of Australia In earlier proceedings, the Federal Court of Australia issued injunctions blocking a Japanese whaling company (Kyodo Senpaku Kaisha Ltd.) from killing,…
A.F. Akpan v. Royal Dutch Shell, plc E. Dooh v. Royal Dutch Shell, plc F.A. Oguru v. Royal Dutch Shell plc Court of Appeal of the Hague (December 18, 2015) Nigerian farmers and Friends of the Earth filed cases against Royal…
