Director, Legal Strategy @EDOLawyers. Working in pursuit of a world where nature thrives. #RockyHillLitigation #FightForTheBight #EmpowerTheEPA #ManyanaMatters
Sep 8, 2022 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Just SO PROUD of @EDOLawyers brave clients, Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action, who fought so hard for this
The Land and Environment Court has just ordered the EPA to prepare objectives, policies and guidelines to ensure environment protection from climate change
Garawa elder Jack Green’s remarkable submission to the Juukan Gorge Parliamentary Inquiry tells the story of the impact of Glencore’s massive MacArthur River Mine through a series of paintings. Thread 🧵👇
This transcript and High Court judgment delivered yesterday in @EDOLawyers case for farmers against the New Acland Coal mine is well worth a read, for those wanting to understand the legal tactics employed by mines against impacted communities.
“KIRK: There has been a prolonged campaign by New Acland to seek to shut down this litigation, in part by the application made after the special leave application was granted, in part by the letters – and I said I would take your Honour to those letters, can I just go to them.”
Oct 26, 2019 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Compulsory viewing for anyone wanting to understand the tactics of misinformation employed by the fossil fuel lobby, making way for business as usual, while knowingly destroying the climate.
Today, the tactics are the same, but the arguments have shifted.
Following is an outline of common arguments used by the fossil fuel industry in Australia today, to delay climate action and allow business as usual. Indefinitely.
Each of these claims was found by the Court in #RockyHillLitigation to be unsupported by the facts.
