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Greenpeace New Zealand v. Northland Regional Council

País/Territorio
Nueva Zelandia
Fecha
Oct 1, 2006
Fuente
UNEP, InforMEA
Nombre del tribunal
High Court of New Zealand
Número de referencia
[2007] NZRMA 87
Resumen
New Zealand Court ruled in favor of Greenpeace holding that climate change was a relevant consideration in the government’s consent of greenhouse gas discharge from a proposed coal-fired power station. The Northland Regional Council had granted consent to Mighty River Power Ltd to discharge contaminants from a proposed coal-fired power station at Marsden Point. The court held, under the Resource Management Act 1991, that a consent authority can consider the effects of such discharge on climate change in applications relating to both renewable and non-renewable energy.

Key environmental legal questions:

Challenge to regional council consent to a proposed coal-fired power station
Texto completo
NZ-Greenpeace-NZ-v-Northland.pdf
Página web
climatecasechart.com