Greenhouse Cases

There are four case studies of greenhouse litigation available here:

• The Wildlife Whitsunday Case involved a judicial review application in the Federal Court of Australia against two decisions under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (Cth) concerning the greenhouse emissions from the mining, transport and use of coal from two large coal mines.

• The Xstrata Newlands Coal Mine Case involved an objection by a conservation group to the grant of a mining lease for coal mining in the Queensland Land & Resources Tribunal. The objection was based on the adverse impacts of greenhouse emissions from the mining, transport and use of coal from a proposed coal mine expansion.

• The Sonoma Coal Mine Case involved a second objection to the grant of a mining lease for coal mining in the Queensland Land & Resources Tribunal. The conservation group consented to the case ending to concentrate on the Xstrata Newlands Coal Mine Case.

• The Anvil Hill Case involved an application for judicial review in the Federal Court of Australia against a decision under the EPBC Act concerning greenhouse gas emissions from a large coal mine in New South Wales, known as the Anvil Hill Project.