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Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) v National Environmental and planning Agency

09/08/2010 Rights: Information Justice Jamaica

An application had been filed by an environmental non-governmental organization to the National Environmental and Planning Agency requesting veterinary reports for the Dolphin Cove facilities in Ocho Rios and Montego Bay.

Save Guana Cay Reef Association Ltd and Others v. the Queen and Others

17/11/2009 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Bahamas

An appeal was lodged before the Privy Council against the Court of Appeal of Bahamas upholding the approval by the Government of the Bahamas, in principle, of a proposed large-scale development in the north-west part of Great Guana Cay, both on land and in the sea, with far-reaching economic,...

Sentencia de la Corte Constitucional de Colombia (C-443/2009)

08/07/2009 Rights: Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Mining Colombia

Dos particulares solicitaron la declaratoria de inconstitucionalidad de enunciados normativos contenidos en el artículo 34 de la Ley 685 de 2001. La demanda fue admitida el 08 de septiembre de 2008.

People United Respecting the Environment (PURE) et al v. Environmental Management Authority et al

16/06/2009 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and Tobago

Two public spirited organizations applied for judicial review of the decision of the Environmental Management Authority to grant a certificate of environmental clearance (CEC) for the construction of an Aluminium Smelter plant at Union Village, La Brea.

Sentencia de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina (Expediente M. 1569 XL)

08/07/2008 Rights: Information Participation Justice Argentina

La cuenca del río Matanza-Riachuelo abarca parte de la Capital Federal y parte de la provincia de Buenos Aires. El río de dicha cuenca, había sido objeto de vertidos ilegales de sustancias contaminantes y tóxicas por parte de industrias aledañas.

Delapenha Funeral Home Limited v. The Minister of Local Government and Environment

13/06/2008 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Jamaica

A funerary services company presented an application for judicial review of the decision of the Minister of Local Government and Environment ordering the cessation of the company’s development of a cemetery until a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) had been conducted.

Jamaica Environment Trust (JET) v. The Mines and Geology Division (MCD)

02/04/2007 Rights: Information Justice Jamaica

The Mines and Geology Division failed to grant access to all the information requested by an environmental non-governmental organization for maps and documents regarding commencement and completion dates for partial mined and mined out orebodies and certificate of completion and other documents...

Fishermen and Friends of The Sea v. The Environmental Management Authority Respondent Et Al

22/10/2004 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and Tobago

On 6 June 2003, the Environmental Management Authority issued a Certificate of Environmental clearance relative to the establishment of an expansion of liquefied gas producing and operation facilities at Point Fortin.

R. Et Al v. Ex Parte Belize Alliance of Conservation Non Governmental Organizations (BACONGO)

19/12/2002 Rights: Information Participation Justice Topics: Energy Environmental assessment Belize

An alliance of nine environmental organizations opposed the building of dam and associated works in Chalillo along the Macal River sought relief to quash the decision of the National Environmental Appraisal Committee  (NEAC) recommending conditional environmental clearance to the hydroelectric...

Talisman (Trinidad) Petroleum Ltd. vs. The Environmental Management Authority (EA 003 of 2002)

01/12/2002 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Energy Environmental assessment Trinidad and Tobago

On 8 July 2002, a company applied to the Environmental Management Authority for a Certificate of Environmental Clearance in respect of a 3-D seismic survey over a 32 square kilometre portion of an area that fell within the Nariva Swamp (partly Wet Land and Wind Belt Reserve).