A fisherman and a non-profit organization representing fishing communities sought to review the decision of the Environmental Management Authority to grant a Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) to a petroleum company wishing to carry out a 3-Dimensional Seismic Survey in the Gulf of...
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Sooknanan And Fishermen And Friends of The Sea v. Environmental Management Authority And Minister of Energy And Energy Affairs
03/07/2016 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoMaharaj and Concerned Residents of Cunupia v. Minister of Planning and R.P.N. Enterprises Ltd.
26/04/2016 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoHaving received complaints from the first claimant and other residents of Cunupia, the Town and Country Planning Division investigated the establishment of a Concrete Batching Plant which stood on the premises of a company.
Concerned Residents of Cunupia v. Environmental Management Authority and RPN Enterprises Limited
07/08/2015 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoA non-profit organization representing the residential communities of Cunupia sought judicial review of the decision of the Environmental Management Authority to enter into a consent agreement with a company in respect of the establishment of a concrete batching plant.
Ulric ‘Buggy’ Haynes Coaching School Et Al v. Minister of Planning and Sustainable Development
16/06/2015 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoOn 8 July 2013, the claimants became aware of the plans by the Government to establish a sporting development on the Orange Grove Savannah, a public open space utilized daily by a wide cross section of the public (coaching schools, youth and retirees, among others).
All Tobago Fisherfolk Association v. Tobago House of Assembly
17/11/2014 Rights: Participation Justice Topics: Environmental assessment Trinidad and TobagoThe Tobago House of Assembly expressly endorsed the contents of a document entitled “Framework for Identifying and Communicating with the Affected Users of BHP Billiton‘s (BHPB) 2014 Deep Water Seismic Survey Area” submitted to the Environmental Management Authority without consultation with the...
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 TobagoTwo 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.
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 TobagoOn 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.
