12 Oct 2006
GREENPEACE V NORTHLAND HC AK CIV 2006-404-004617
- Citation
- openlaw-878238b1_68ac_4730_b578_127226dd4720.pdf
- Court
- High Court
Section 104E applies to applications that would otherwise contravene ss15/15B for the discharge into air of greenhouse gases; a consent authority must not have regard to effects on climate change except to the extent the particular qualifying application itself proposes the use and development of renewable energy that would enable a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions (absolute or relative). Thus only where the application includes such renewable-energy features may climate-change effects be considered to that limited extent.