Climate Law in AustraliaTim Bonyhady, Peter Christoff Federation Press, 2007 - 315 pages Climate Law in Australia provides the first extended account of Australia's new climate law. It examines key federal and state legislation and the main cases brought before Australian courts. It combines incisive legal analysis with a deep understanding of climate-related issues and policy. The authors include leading academics such as Professors Robyn Eckersley, David Farrier, Rob Fowler and Jan McDonald, and leading practitioners such as Charles Berger, Kirsty Ruddock, Chris McGrath, Allison Warburton and Martijn Wilder. The editors are Professor Tim Bonyhady, Director of the Australian Centre for Environmental Law at the Australian National University, and Dr Peter Christoff of the University of Melbourne and Vice President of the Australian Conservation Foundation. The book examines pivotal issues in Australian climate law and policy - the Kyoto Protocol and its alternatives, emissions targets, carbon trading, geosequestration, nuclear decision-making, adaptation to climate change and legal liability. It contains detailed analysis of the leading cases involving the Hazelwood power station, the Anvil Hill, Xstrata and Bowen Basin coal mines, and the Bald Hills and Taralga wind farms. Climate Law in Australia explores both the need for conventional legal regulation and the potential of economic responses to climate change. It shows how climate law has grown in Australia - and how far the law still has to go. |
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... Chapter 7 Emissions reduction targets legislation 103 Rob Fowler Chapter 8 The adaptation imperative : Managing the legal risks of climate change impacts Jan McDonald 124 Chapter 9 Geosequestration law in Australia AM Warburton , JA.
... Chapter 7 Emissions reduction targets legislation 103 Rob Fowler Chapter 8 The adaptation imperative : Managing the legal risks of climate change impacts Jan McDonald 124 Chapter 9 Geosequestration law in Australia AM Warburton , JA.
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... manage to curb our greenhouse emissions . While specific new climate legislation in Australia remains modest , climate - related litigation involving the general environmental law frame- work has grown rapidly , much as it has in the ...
... manage to curb our greenhouse emissions . While specific new climate legislation in Australia remains modest , climate - related litigation involving the general environmental law frame- work has grown rapidly , much as it has in the ...
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... management plan at the start of the year to allow it to resume mining , the company calculated that the mine's vehicles and equipment and processing plant would produce 22,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually . But while the company ...
... management plan at the start of the year to allow it to resume mining , the company calculated that the mine's vehicles and equipment and processing plant would produce 22,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide annually . But while the company ...
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... Management , a council could not include a condition which was inconsistent with , or extended the operation of , a condition required by the board . King Island Scheelite duly appealed to Tasmania's Resource Management and Planning ...
... Management , a council could not include a condition which was inconsistent with , or extended the operation of , a condition required by the board . King Island Scheelite duly appealed to Tasmania's Resource Management and Planning ...
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... a whole lot of coal mines'.71 The managing director of Centennial Coal concurred , describing the decision as ' a very neutral decision , if anything it's somewhat positive , because the judge declined to 21 THE NEW AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE LAW.
... a whole lot of coal mines'.71 The managing director of Centennial Coal concurred , describing the decision as ' a very neutral decision , if anything it's somewhat positive , because the judge declined to 21 THE NEW AUSTRALIAN CLIMATE LAW.
Contents
Anvil Hill in | 189 |
Pyhrric victory or harbinger? | 214 |
Chapter 14 | 230 |
Chapter 15 | 256 |
Chapter 16 | 277 |
References | 293 |
Table of Statutes | 308 |
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