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The author discusses the proposal of the government of Australia to strip environmental groups of their right to challenge its decisions. Topics mentioned include the aim of Australia's move, the efforts of environmental groups from around the world to use the courts to take down mining and fracking projects such as the 2014 legal action by Wild Earth Guardians to block the expansion of a Colorado coal mine, and the projected annual carbon emissions of Queensland's Carmichael mine.

Reports on the debt-for-nature swap with the Brazilian government and environmental groups. Legislation within the Brazilian government that allows this; How the plan works; The first expected trade that takes place with Nature Conservancy.