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Conservation group drops challenge to Woodside’s $16.5B Scarborough project
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-08-20 11:08 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Australian Conservation Foundation has reached an agreement with Woodside Energy to drop proceedings over the company’s Scarborough gas project in Western Australia, which alleged the $16.5 billion joint venture could not go ahead until its climate impacts were assessed. 

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EDO makes changes to board amid scrutiny of litigation over Barossa pipeline
Environment 2024-07-03 2:50 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Environmental Defenders Office has replaced its chair and appointed a former judge to its board as it undergoes a review of its processes in the wake of an unsuccessful case against Santos over the oil and gas company’s $5.6 billion Barossa pipeline.

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‘So far on the wrong side’: Santos wants more evidence of EDO’s conduct in Barossa pipeline case
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-06-12 11:29 pm By Sam Matthews

Santos is seeking to wrangle further documents from the Environmental Defenders Office to support its bid for costs orders against the law firm, telling a court there must have been “glaring deficiencies” in the standard of its services in running its challenge to construction of a pipeline for the energy company’s $5.6 billion Barossa gas project.

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Activist groups to appeal order to hand up communications with EDO in Barossa gas case
Appeals 2024-05-15 11:43 pm By Andy Sidler

Activist organisations are seeking to challenge orders to hand up communications with the Environmental Defenders Office in its failed case against Santos over the $5.6 billion Barossa gas project, arguing there was no legitimate forensic purpose for the material sought. 

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Santos wins communications between EDO, activist organisations over Barossa case
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-04-24 11:06 pm By Sam Matthews

Several activist organisations will have to hand up communications with the Environmental Defenders Office over its unsuccessful challenge to the construction of a pipeline for Santos’ $5.6 billion Barossa gas project, as the energy giant mulls third-party costs orders against them. 

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UniSuper accused of greenwashing over Transurban investment
Greenwashing 2024-04-23 10:37 pm By Cindy Cameronne

The Environmental Defenders Office has lodged a complaint with ASIC on behalf of a member of UniSuper, accusing the Australian superannuation fund of greenwashing its products by mislabelling them as ‘sustainable’. 

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Environmental Defenders Office may face costs in Barossa pipeline case against Santos
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-04-05 11:27 pm By Sam Matthews

Santos wants four activist organisations to hand up any communications with the Environmental Defenders Office over its unsuccessful challenge to the construction of a pipeline for the energy company’s $5.6 billion Barossa gas project, as it seeks to recover third-party costs against the legal centre for its conduct in running the proceedings.

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G+T, silk hired by EDO for review after cultural mapping ‘confection’ in pipeline case
Environment 2024-03-14 11:39 pm By Christine Caulfield

The Environmental Defenders Office has appointed a team of external lawyers, including Gilbert + Tobin and a senior barrister, to review its processes after a judge found aspects of its case over Santos’ Barossa pipeline were made up and “lacking in integrity”.

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Tiwi Islander loses challenge to Santos’ $5.6B Barossa pipeline
Energy & Natural Resources 2024-01-15 1:30 pm By Cindy Cameronne

Energy company Santos has defeated a challenge by a Tiwi Islander traditional custodian to the construction of a pipeline for its $5.6 billion Barossa gas project, with a judge rejecting expert evidence about risks to cultural heritage.

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Judge rejects climate challenge to NSW logging agreement
Environment 2024-01-10 12:44 pm By Cindy Cameronne

An environmental group has lost its case alleging the federal government failed to take climate change into account when it renewed an agreement for logging in New South Wales, with a judge saying it was a ‘political’ issue rather than one for the courts.

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