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Do you want to know how our heritage sites, trees, flora and fauna are protected? How the planning system works in Canberra? What environmental impact assessment developers have to do? How pollution is controlled?
The EDO (ACT) publishes the ACT Environmental Law Handbook, which answers questions and explains the law in an easy-to-read style. It is a useful resource when working to protect our environment. The second edition was published in March 2009, and includes recent changes to the ACT’s planning scheme and environmental laws.
The EDO (ACT) has published the Noise Pollution in the ACT booklet (download pdf [324KB]), which answers frequently asked questions about dealing with noise pollution in the ACT. The law in this booklet is current as at 30 July 2010.
The EDO provides a free electronic quarterly newsletter detailing developments in ACT environmental law and environmental issues throughout Australia. The newsletter includes information on upcoming events and opportunities for making submissions.
To subscribe to the newsletter, become an EDO member or email us (edoact@edo.org.au).
This newsletter includes information about the ACT’s new tax incentives for “green cars”, the ACT State of the Environment Report 2007/08, the successful passage of ACT legislation to regulate strategic litigation against public participation, the draft plan of management for Namadgi National Park and the release of a draft resource management plan for the ACT. There are stories on the Federal Government’s extension of the deadline for Gunns, actions to protect False Cape and Shoalwater Bay and developments in EDO NSW’s Sandon Point climate-change development case.
This newsletter contains information about the proposed development of the Australian Heritage Village in Watson, the draft bilateral agreement between the ACT and the Commonwealth for undertaking environmental assessment, the amended plans for a proposed power station at Macquarie, the successful passage of ACT feed-in laws and an update on the proposed development of the Molonglo. There is information about an unsuccessful High Court appeal in the Wielangta Forest case and a US court decision that represents a win for clean air.
This newsletter contains information about a new power station proposed for Macquarie, proposed ACT feed-in laws, ACT’s new planning scheme, the proposed expansion of Canberra Airport, the proposed development of the Molonglo and the introduction of ACT legislation to regulate strategic litigation against public participation. It also includes information about the EDO NSW’s successful case to stop Japanese whaling and its successful climate-change coastal development case at Sandon Point.
The EDO (ACT)’s Annual Reports include information about the activities that the EDO has undertaken, the Committee members for the year and the EDO’s audited financial statements. See About the EDO (ACT) for more details.