Clayton Utz | Australia | 10 Nov 2016
If the proposed changes go through, operators will be required to undertake a detailed review of their current practices to ensure compliance. The…
Clayton Utz | Australia | 17 Aug 2016
At the time of writing the 2015 / 2016 Review, the Commonwealth Government was in caretaker mode, and the policy position to be taken in relation to…
Clayton Utz | Australia | 4 Aug 2016
WA proponents still must carefully and thoroughly prepare their assessment documents, and ensure an adequate lead-time for the assessment process…
King & Wood Mallesons | Australia | 15 Jul 2016
The past year has seen a significant increase in the number of government inquiries, committees and reports in Victoria, particularly in the planning…
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP | Canada | 14 Jul 2016
The B.C. Ministry of the Environment (the "ministry") plans to update some aspects of B.C.'s contaminated sites legal regime under the Environmental…
King & Wood Mallesons | Australia | 17 Mar 2015
On 24 January 2015, the Commonwealth Minister for the Environment, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, announced that orders had been issued for the creation of…
Baker McKenzie | Australia | 12 Feb 2015
Environment Minister Greg Hunt's recent proposal to ban the disposal of capital dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park could change the…
Squire Patton Boggs | Australia | 16 Jan 2014
The federal government introduced the Environment Legislation Amendment Bill 2013 (Bill) on 14 November 2013, amending the Environment Protection and…
Mintz | USA | 29 Apr 2013
On April 22, the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) submitted comments to the State Department on the draft supplemental environmental impact…
Norton Rose Fulbright | Australia | 10 Jul 2012
Since the introduction of the carbon price on 1 July 2012, the ACCC has been actively monitoring the way in which businesses attribute price increases to the effects of the carbon price.