by Environmental Justice Australia | Feb 22, 2022 | Coal pollution, Communities
The Victorian coal pollution case On behalf of our client, Environment Victoria, we are challenging Victoria’s EPA and coal power generators AGL, Energy Australia and Alinta in the Supreme Court over coal pollution. The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Feb 22, 2022 | Biodiversity, Forests, Victorian biodiversity laws
Legal case WOTCH v VicForests: Protecting threatened wildlife after the bushfires Case update: March 2023 We’ve just finished closing submissions in the Victorian Supreme Court, representing a community group of citizen scientists – Wildlife of the Central Highlands...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Feb 22, 2022 | Safe climate future
Five brave young Australians’ UN human rights complaint Meet the young Australians fighting for climate justice Everyone has the right to a healthy environment and a safe climate. Our kids deserve a bright future with equal opportunity, a say in what will determine...
by Kate Lewis | Dec 18, 2021 | Rivers and waterways, Rivers of the West
Rivers of the West The rivers of Melbourne’s west are vital to communities in the suburbs and upstream, but their protection and regeneration has been constrained by weak and fragmented laws. Off the back of a campaign that provided Melbourne’s Yarra River...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Nov 25, 2021 | Climate, Just energy transition
Holding Adani to account for breaching pollution controls In August 2021, on behalf of our client Mackay Conservation Group, we lodged a complaint with the Queensland government about continued erosion and sediment pollution and potential breaches of environmental...
