by Kate Lewis | Jun 8, 2022 | Forests, Nature
Today, human rights, environment and legal advocates published an open letter calling for Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews to immediately withdraw a proposed law which would punish peaceful protesters. The Sustainable Forests Timber Amendment (Timber Harvesting...
by Kate Lewis | May 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Environmental Justice Australia and the Human Rights Law Centre are urging the Andrews government to withdraw a draconian proposed new law that would criminalise peaceful protest. The Sustainable Forests Timber Amendment (Timber Harvesting Safety Zones) Bill 2022 was...
by Kate Lewis | Apr 6, 2022 | Coal pollution, Communities
Analysis of new data from the National Pollutant Inventory reveals AGL’s power stations across NSW and Victoria reported significant increases in some of the most toxic pollutants while energy generation in several stations dropped. Archaic coal-burning power...
by Kate Lewis | Mar 28, 2022 | Climate, Climate and Finance
Just a day before the federal budget, the Senate will vote on a second disallowance motion brought by a Liberal-led Senate Committee to block the Coalition’s regulations for the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to fund fossil fuel technologies including carbon...
by Kate Lewis | Mar 15, 2022 | Coal pollution, Communities
Environmental lawyers have cautioned the NSW EPA that its decision to give Delta Electricity a free pass when it handed the company an exemption from legal air pollution limits in December last year, is unlawful. Environmental Justice Australia lawyers,...
