Our most recent Environment articles are listed below:
08 May 2008
Environmental legislative developments May 2008
In this issue of Environment Quarterly, we provide readers with a review of significant legislative changes in the field of environmental and planning law in all Australian jurisdictions.
08 May 2008
Environmental policy developments May 2008
In this issue of Environment Quarterly, we provide readers with a review of significant policy developments in the field of environmental and planning law in all Australian jurisdictions.
08 May 2008
Environmental case briefs May 2008
In this issue of Environment Quarterly, we provide readers with a review of case developments in the field of environmental and planning law in all Australian jurisdictions.
30 April 2008
Climate Change Update
In recent weeks there have been a number of very important developments in the evolution of Australia’s response to the challenge of anthropogenic climate change.
08 April 2008
Environment Update April 2008
On 31 March 2008, the Land and Environment Court concluded that David Hogan, General Manager of Riverside Earthmoving Pty Ltd, was personally responsible for Riverside’s unlawful disposal of waste. While the case considered company director and manager environmental liabilities under New South Wales legislation, the principles it considered are equally applicable to most Australian states and territories.
26 February 2008
Policy developments January 2008
In this issue of Environment Quarterly, we provide readers with a review of significant policy developments in the field of environmental and planning law in all Australian jurisdictions.
26 February 2008
Environmental legislative developments January 2008
In this issue of Environment Quarterly, we provide readers with a review of significant legislative changes in the field of environmental and planning law in all Australian jurisdictions.
26 February 2008
Environmental case briefs January 2008
In this issue of Environment Quarterly, we provide readers with a review of case developments in the field of environmental and planning law in all Australian jurisdictions.
05 February 2008
Greenhouse regulatory developments in the European Union and the United States
The Garnaut Climate Change Review is due to report in draft in June 2008 on matters relating to Australia’s greenhouse regulatory framework. The recommendations of the review will be informed by, and gauged against, greenhouse regulatory developments in the European Union and the United States.
11 January 2008
Recent Climate Change events in Bali and Australia
The international Climate Change conference in Bali in December 2007 was two conferences in one: the 13th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (Convention), and the 3rd Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (Protocol).
27 November 2007
New leadership on Climate Change
The election of Kevin Rudd’s Labor Government will have important international and domestic greenhouse consequences for Australia. The details of many of Labor’s initiatives remain unknown. The following is an overview of those features which are presently clear.
23 November 2007
Environmental case briefs November 2007
In this issue of Environment Quarterly, we provide readers with a review of case developments in the field of environmental and planning law in all Australian jurisdictions.
23 November 2007
Environmental legislative developments November 2007
In this issue of Environment Quarterly, we provide readers with a review of significant legislative changes in the field of environmental and planning law in all Australian jurisdictions.
23 November 2007
Environmental policy developments November 2007
In this issue of Environment Quarterly, we provide readers with a review of significant policy developments in the field of environmental and planning law in all Australian jurisdictions.
31 October 2007
Understanding the Minimum Energy Performance Standards scheme
This overview of the scheme underlying the Minimum Energy Performance Standards (MEPS) in Australia may assist in the understanding of advice regarding energy efficiency requirements for electrical appliances and equipment.
06 September 2007
Freehills teams with the Australian Wildlife Conservancy
The Freehills Community Committee in Perth (the body through which the Freehills Foundation engages in community work) chose the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) as its environmental partner as it is a long standing pro bono client of Freehills and is recognised as one of the leaders in environmental conservation work in Australia.
06 September 2007
Class actions and climate change
Concern about climate change is intensifying in Australia. At the same time, the United States penchant for class action litigation is beginning to take hold here. The question arises: what are the prospects in the near-to mid-term for class actions relating to climate change to be brought and to succeed in Australia?
06 September 2007
Mandatory emissions reporting not far off
On 15 August 2007, the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Bill 2007 (Cth) (Bill) was introduced into Parliament and was read a second time. In summary, the Bill provides a framework for the reporting and dissemination of information related to greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gas projects, energy consumption and energy production of corporations.
06 September 2007
Freehills' innovation for Landcare
Landcare CarbonSMART is an innovative scheme which is designed to allow rural landholders to earn a steady income based on their planting and maintaining vegetation for the purpose of carbon sequestration, which can in turn be used by electricity retailers and others to offset their own emissions of carbon dioxide under the New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme (GGAS).
06 September 2007
Freehills on top of greenhouse gas and climate change developments
Our experts in this field outline the recent developments that have taken place in the greenhouse gas and climate change space.
