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Australian government sued over emissions - coal
On 22 July 2005, the first legal challenge against the Australian Government for failing to consider the effects of global warming on the environment was filed by the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland-Proserpine/Whitsunday Branch Inc.
The case, in the Federal Court of Australia, concerns the failure to consider the emission of greenhouse gases from the burning of coal from two large coal mines when assessing the impacts of the mines under provisions of the Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 which are aimed at protecting key environmental interests, including the Great Barrier Reef and Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Sites.
For more information:
- A Summary of the Case from the Environmental Defenders' Office website
- The Application for an Order of Review
- The Notice to Admit Facts served on the Minister for the Environment and Heritage
- The Notice Disputing Facts served by the Minister for the Environment and Heritage
