by Environmental Justice Australia | Feb 22, 2022 | Coal pollution, Communities
Environment Victoria vs the EPA on coal pollution The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) is Victoria’s environment watchdog. They regulate some of our biggest polluters like coal-burning power stations and protect the community and environment from pollution. ...
by Environmental Justice Australia | Feb 22, 2022 | Biodiversity, Forests, Victorian biodiversity laws
Legal case WOTCH vs VicForests: protecting threatened species after the bushfires CASE UPDATE Our mammoth three weeks in court representing Wildlife of the Central Highlands (WOTCH) has wrapped! We are so grateful for everyone’s support. To everyone who chipped in a...
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...
