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Re Australian Conservation Foundation v. Latrobe City Council

Pays/Territoire
Australie
Date
Oct 1, 2004
Source
UNEP, InforMEA
Nom du tribunal
Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Siège de la cour
Victoria
Numéro de référence
[2004] 140 LGERA 100
Résumé
An Australian tribunal overturned the decision of a government panel which refused to consider the greenhouse gas impacts of burning coal. The Hazelwood coal-fired power station is one of the largest in the state of Victoria and a significant contributor to the State’s GHG emissions. A government panel set up under the Victorian Planning and Environment Act 1987 and the Environmental Effects Act 1978 to consider the extension of the power station was instructed not to consider matters related to GHG emissions. The tribunal held that the assessment panel must consider the impacts of GHG emissions on the environment.

Key environmental legal questions:

Challenge to refusal by government panel to consider greenhouse gas impacts of burning coal
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