Australia: Australia Conservation Foundation - coal
Judge rules that emissions must be considered (29 Oct 2004)
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Legal action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions (8 April 2005)
On 8th April 2005, the federal appeals court in Washington DC heard the case brought by over two dozen States, NGOs and others against the US Environmental Protection Agency for failing to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.
More Information:
International Center for Technology Assessment's case website
"Standing and Global Warming: Is Injury to All Injury to None?", an 84-page article by Professor Bradford C. Mank at the University of Cincinnati, in Volume 35 of Environmental Law, addressing standing under the Clean Air Act and the National Environmental Policy Act for climate change actions
