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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... million in its Port Kembla Steelworks in order to overhaul one of its two existing blast furnaces and build a new gas - powered electricity generation plant . To secure this investment , which may reduce the company's greenhouse ...
... million in its Port Kembla Steelworks in order to overhaul one of its two existing blast furnaces and build a new gas - powered electricity generation plant . To secure this investment , which may reduce the company's greenhouse ...
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... ranging from information - sharing to new technology development and deployment . The Australian government has committed AU $ 100 million over five years to the partnership , which includes $ 34 CLIMATE LAW IN AUSTRALIA.
... ranging from information - sharing to new technology development and deployment . The Australian government has committed AU $ 100 million over five years to the partnership , which includes $ 34 CLIMATE LAW IN AUSTRALIA.
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... million for 2007,16 in May 2006 the US Congress twice blocked requests by the Bush administration for an appropriation of US $ 46 million to support the AP6 . Despite the inclusion of renewable energy in the work program , it is clear ...
... million for 2007,16 in May 2006 the US Congress twice blocked requests by the Bush administration for an appropriation of US $ 46 million to support the AP6 . Despite the inclusion of renewable energy in the work program , it is clear ...
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... million ' represents just 1.1 % of the 2005 value of the global carbon markets , established in response to the Kyoto Protocol , and only 0.3 % of the 2005 global turnover of four clean energy industries'.23 As the Australian ...
... million ' represents just 1.1 % of the 2005 value of the global carbon markets , established in response to the Kyoto Protocol , and only 0.3 % of the 2005 global turnover of four clean energy industries'.23 As the Australian ...
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... million towards the protection and sustainable management of the world's forests , and the prevention of illegal ... million ) , the Renewable Energy and Distribution Generation Task Force ( $ 17.56 million ) , and the Coal Mining ...
... million towards the protection and sustainable management of the world's forests , and the prevention of illegal ... million ) , the Renewable Energy and Distribution Generation Task Force ( $ 17.56 million ) , and the Coal Mining ...
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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