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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Page 9
... further examination . When Tas- mania's Board of Environmental Management and Pollution Control decided what conditions it would impose on King Island Scheelite in August 2006 , it similarly accepted the company's proposal that it ...
... further examination . When Tas- mania's Board of Environmental Management and Pollution Control decided what conditions it would impose on King Island Scheelite in August 2006 , it similarly accepted the company's proposal that it ...
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... further when he identified a fall of 0.05 ° C - ignoring the general upward trend of the IPCC's chart.37 The only member of the Queensland Court of Appeal to consider this aspect of Koppenol's decision was Justice Mackenzie . The judge ...
... further when he identified a fall of 0.05 ° C - ignoring the general upward trend of the IPCC's chart.37 The only member of the Queensland Court of Appeal to consider this aspect of Koppenol's decision was Justice Mackenzie . The judge ...
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... further strengthening of , the Kyoto Protocol . We also assess the status of the AP6 as a regime . We offer a critique of the Howard Government's claims concerning the expected contribution of the AP6 to reducing greenhouse gas ( GHG ) ...
... further strengthening of , the Kyoto Protocol . We also assess the status of the AP6 as a regime . We offer a critique of the Howard Government's claims concerning the expected contribution of the AP6 to reducing greenhouse gas ( GHG ) ...
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... further expansion should occur on a very , very strong foundation'.38 However , on 15 October , at the second ministerial meeting in New Dehli , the founding partners welcomed Canada as an official partner.39 Conclusion : Bringing the ...
... further expansion should occur on a very , very strong foundation'.38 However , on 15 October , at the second ministerial meeting in New Dehli , the founding partners welcomed Canada as an official partner.39 Conclusion : Bringing the ...
Page 53
... further greenhouse policy options'.35 Between 2001 and 2006 , the government's strategy on the greenhouse trigger was to ignore it and claim either that it was still consulting with the States , or to suggest that it was still a ...
... further greenhouse policy options'.35 Between 2001 and 2006 , the government's strategy on the greenhouse trigger was to ignore it and claim either that it was still consulting with the States , or to suggest that it was still a ...
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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