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Environmental Law
This guide contains links to Internet resources and documents in the
area of federal environmental law, as well as providing links to other
guides and directories which contain material on State and Territory and
overseas law.
ACEL offers environmental
law and policy teaching and research in Australia and is located at
the ANU College of Law.
A not-for-profit, membership-based
environmental organisation which takes an evidence-based, solution
focused approach to environmental issues.
- Australian Network of Environmental
Defenders Offices (ANEDO)
The EDO Network was established in 1996. It consists of nine independently
constituted and managed community environmental legal centres spread
across Australia. Each EDO office is dedicated to protecting the environment
in the public interest.
- Department of the Environment,
Water, Heritage and the Arts
The website provides links to other portfolio
agencies.
- Environment Institute of Australia
and New Zealand (EIANZ)
A professional association for environmental practitioners.
- Environment Protection and Heritage
Council (EPHC)
The EPHC incorporates the National Environment Protection Council (NEPC)
which sets national environmental goals and standards through National
Environment Protection Measures (NEPMs). The EPHC also addresses natural,
indigenous and historic heritage issues.
- Environs Australia
A network of members interested in promoting sustainable development
through local action, primarily in the local government sector. The
organisation strives to constructively advocate to other levels of Government
for improved sustainability outcomes.
- Greenpeace Australia
An independent organisation campaigning to ensure a just, peaceful,
sustainable environment for future generations.
- Lawyers for Forests
An association of legal professionals working to promote the conservation
and better management of Australia's remaining native forests.
- National Environmental Law Association
(NELA)
A multi-disciplinary organisation serving the needs of practitioners
in law, planning, natural resources and environmental management, environmental
science and environmental impact assessment, to obtain and exchange
information on issues relevant to environmental law and policy.
- National Water Commission (NWC)
An independent statutory body in the Environment, Water, Heritage and
the Arts portfolio. Its role is to drive the national water reform agenda.
- Natural Resource Management Ministerial
Council (NRMMC)
NRMMC consists of the Australian
Federal, State/Territory and New Zealand government ministers responsible
for primary industries, natural resources, environment and water policy.
The Council is the peak government forum for consultation, coordination
and, where appropriate, integration of action by governments on natural
resource management issues.
- Wilderness Society (Australia)
A community-based environmental advocacy organisation whose mission
is to protect, promote and restore wilderness and natural processes
across Australia.
Please note: The Parliamentary Library's Science, Technology and Resources
(STER) section maintains a Climate
Change internet page, including links to emissions trading information.
Journal articles, reports etc
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The Covenant is the voluntary
component of a co-regulatory arrangement for managing the environmental
impacts of consumer packaging in Australia. The Covenant is designed
to minimise the environmental impacts arising from the disposal of
used packaging, conserve resources through better design and production
processes and facilitate the re-use and recycling of used packaging
materials.
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Links to Overseas Environmental Law Sites
Key Publications
- Climate
Change Law & Policy in Australia (Lexis Nexis)
Contents: Recent Developments in Climate Change Law and Policy;
Chapter 1 — Introduction to Climate Change Law and Policy ; Chapter
2 — The Science of Climate Change ; Chapter 3 — The UNFCCC
and the Kyoto Protocol ; Chapter 4 — Mitigation of Climate Change:
The International Context ; Chapter 5 — Commonwealth Policy and
Legislation ; Chapter 6 — State and Territory-based Law and Policy
; Chapter 7 — Local Government and Climate Change ; Chapter 8
— Climate Change Litigation ; Chapter 9 — Carbon Markets
; Chapter 10 — Emissions Trading (incl What is the difference
between an emissions trading scheme and a tax?); Chapter 11 —
Carbon Capture and Storage ; Chapter 12 — Land Use, Forestry and
Native Title ; Chapter 13 — Business and Climate Change ; Chapter
14 — Taxation and Climate Change ; Chapter 15 — Aviation
and Climate Change ; Chapter 16 — Shipping and Climate Change
; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme: Australia's Low Pollution Future
White Paper — Executive Summary ; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
; Kyoto Protocol ; UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Global
Climate Change Law Guide (CCH)
Covers the following countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada,
China, European Union, India, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Thailand,
United Kingdom, United States
- Global
Climate Change Law Guide Newsletter (CCH)
Covers new developments in Australia
- Climate
change (Background Note, Parliamentary Library - regularly updated
- for legal aspects see the section on Governance and Policy
- Climate
change law in Australia, (Collection of articles in University
of New South Wales law journal forum, 2008, v. 14, no. 2. On HeinOnline)
- An Overview of
Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Control Policies in Various Countries (US Congressional
research Service, 2009).
Covers: European Union (France Germany. United Kingdom), Australia,
Brazil, Canada, China, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russian Federation,
United States
Legislation
Australia
The Energy
Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006 and National
Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 were both introduced by the
Howard Coalition Government.
The Rudd Labor Government has attempted to introduce the following new
legislation:
- Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [Exposure draft of bill].
Tabled 11/3/09. A draft of the bills introduced on 14 May 2009 (see
below).
- Carbon
Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009
Part of a package of six bills to give effect to the Carbon Pollution
Reduction Scheme, the bill gives effect to Australia’s obligations
under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and
the Kyoto Protocol by outlining: entities and emissions covered by the
scheme; liable entities’ obligation to surrender emission units
corresponding to their emissions; limits on the number of emissions
units that will be used; the nature and allocation of Australian emissions
units; mechanisms to contain costs; linking to other emissions trading
schemes; assistance in relation to emissions-intensive trade-exposed
activities and coal-fired electricity generators; voluntary inclusion
of reforestation activities under the scheme; the Australian National
Registry of Emissions Units; and monitoring and enforcement. Also contains
a regulation making power.
Introduced into the House of Representatives on 14/5/09 but defeated
in the Senate on 13/8/09.
- Carbon
Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]
The package of bills was reintroduced into the House of Representatives
on 22/10/09 and defeated again in the Senate on 2/12/09
- Carbon
Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2010
The 2009 package of bills (inclusive of the amendments agreed to by
the opposition coalition party room in late 2009) was reintroduced into
the House of Representatives on 2 February 2010
United States Bills
- American
Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (Waxman Markey Bill, House
of Representatives, bill no. H.R. 2454, introduced by Henry Waxman (D-CA)
and Ed Markey (D-Malden) 15 May 2009 and passed the House on 26 June
2009. Now before the Senate.
Analysis
- Clean
Energy Jobs and American Power Act (Kerry Boxer Bill, Senate, bill
no. S. 1733, introduced by Senators Kerry (D-MA) and Boxer (D-CA) 30
September 2009. Still before the Senate.
Analysis
Treaties
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