Environmental Justice Australia have written to the Queensland Minister for Environment requesting a law change and an investigation into The Adani Group’s ‘suitable operator’ status in light of fresh allegations revealed by…
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MEDIA RELEASE Environmental Justice Australia reiterate their call for a law change and an investigation into The Adani Group’s ‘suitable operator’ status in light of fresh allegations revealed by the ABC this morning relevant to the companies concerning international track record. The legal organisation is calling on the Palaszczuk…
By Michael Slezak The Turnbull Government’s $444 million grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation contravened its own guidelines for the allocation of such funds, according to environmental lawyers and…
EJA’s submission to the Senate inquiry into the Great Barrier Reef 2050 Partnership Program, which includes evidence from Senate Estimates, finds the ‘record investment’ in the Great Barrier Reef should…
A new report by Environmental Justice Australia finds that if Australia’s export credit agency, EFIC, funds Adani’s controversial Carmichael coal mine, it would expose EFIC’s directors to significant legal and…
The environmental movement hopes to persuade Bill Shorten’s party to adopt a legal strategy to stop the mine By Katharine Murphy and Michael Slezak The Labor leader, Bill Shorten, on…
MEDIA RELEASE 12 December 2017 The Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) cannot loan public money to Adani’s Carmichael coal project without the consent of the Queensland Government, lawyers have confirmed….
A community legal service has urged Australia's consumer watchdog to crack down on Adani for misleading vulnerable jobseekers with inflated claims its Queensland mine will create 10,000 jobs. Environmental Justice…
MEDIA RELEASE 6 December 2017 Adani’s claim that its Carmichael coal mine project will create 10,000 direct and indirect jobs has been referred to the national consumer protection agency, the…
Wednesday 11/02/15 Huffington Post, Nicole Ghio Today, civil society groups, scientists, political leaders and business owners from across Australia and the United States delivered an open letter to U.S. Export-Import…
Dr Charlie Veron, known as the 'Godfather of coral' has written to the Australian Environment Minister asking him to revoke Adani's environmental approvals after two consecutive and widespread coral bleaching…
MEDIA RELEASE 22 June 2017 Dr Charlie Veron, the renowned marine scientist, has instructed lawyers at Environmental Justice Australia to write to federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg, asking him to…
The man known as the Godfather of Coral has called on the Turnbull Government to revoke its environmental approval for Adani's controversial $16-billion Carmichael coal mine proposal. A former chief…
MEDIA RELEASE 20 June 2017 UNESCO calls on nations to reduce emissions to protect coral reefs, but lawyers say Australia is failing to meet its international legal responsibilities to do…
MEDIA RELEASE 3 June 2017 Lawyers welcome UNESCO’s serious concerns about the coral bleaching and mortality on the Great Barrier Reef caused by climate change, but say Australia is failing…
MEDIA RELEASE 29 May 2017 Environmental Justice Australia lawyers have written to the Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) – the body that is considering giving a $1 billion loan for…
Environmental lawyers say advice means reef might finally be listed as a ‘world heritage site in danger’ The central aim of the government’s plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef…
MEDIA RELEASE 6 April 2017 If the Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF) offered a $1 billion taxpayer-funded loan to support a private coal-hauling railway it would breach competitive neutrality principles,…
Australia and other nations must be held to account for obligations they have made to protect World Heritage sites such as the Great Barrier Reef, legal groups say. US-based Earthjustice…
Indian mining giant Adani has been criticised by a conservation group raising questions about its suitability to open it's central Queensland coal mine Adani's terrible international track record has raised…
MEDIA RELEASE 22 March 2017 Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) has written to the Bombay Stock Exchange, asking it to clear up confusion around which company is seeking Northern Australia Infrastructure…
MEDIA RELEASE 10 March 2017 Lawyers set path for World Heritage Committee to call nations to action to protect threatened corals from climate change Lawyers briefing World Heritage Centre, IUCN…
In collaboration with Earthjustice, we have released a report asking the World Heritage Committee to take action in protecting the Great Barrier Reef from the devastating effects of climate change. The…
Lawyers at EJA ready to brief NAIF Board of risks of $1B Adani rail loan A detailed legal research brief by Environmental Justice Australia, being launched today, reveals Indian based…
Friday 15/04/16 The Guardian opinion | by Ariane Wilkinson Australia is on the brink of making a terrible and irreversible mistake. The most outstanding coral reef on Earth must go…
Monday 11/04/16 The Guardian | Michael Slezak Climate change and strong El Niño cause hundreds of kilometres of reef to bleach, as higher temperatures stress the coral The mass coral…
Sunday 10/04/16 The Guardian | Michael Slezack Landmark case may force minister to consider coal’s impact on reef and block new fossil fuel projects Here on Heron Island, you could…
SAN FRANCISCO/ MELBOURNE – 8 April 2016: Lawyers from US-based Earthjustice and Environmental Justice Australia (EJA) say that what scientists are calling the worst mass coral bleaching event in recorded…
The Adani Group’s global environmental record The Adani Group’s track record of environmental damage and disregard for the law calls into question the company’s suitability to operate the biggest coal…
MEDIA RELEASE 9 November 2015 Lawyers are calling on the Australian and Queensland governments to properly scrutinise the track record of the Adani Group and its executive officers as revelations…
15 October 2015 Environmental lawyers have expressed grave concerns that Adani’s Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Infrastructure Project has been re-approved under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999…
MEDIA RELEASE 1 July 2015 SAN FRANCISCO/MELBOURNE: Today’s decision of the World Heritage Committee on the Great Barrier Reef highlights the poor condition of the Reef and expresses serious concerns…
ABC Radio Canberra Breakfast The World Heritage Committee recently declined to list the GBR as ‘in danger’, but lawyers from Environmental Justice Australia and Earthjustice in the United States came…
This report analyzes the criteria under the World Heritage Convention for inscription of World Heritage sites on the List of World Heritage in Danger. It concludes that the condition of…
In a letter dated 9 February 2015, Environmental Justice Australia have asked Jon Black, Director General of the Queensland Environment Department, to investigate the process by which Adani received their…
A new investigation by Environmental Justice Australia reveals that the Newman Government, in its rush to fast track Adani Mining’s application to operate the Carmichael mine, has overlooked Adani’s track…
New investigations by Environmental Justice Australia have revealed that the process by which Indian corporate giant Adani was signed off as a ‘suitable operator’ for the proposed Carmichael coal mine…
