Wood smoke is on the rise in Scotland and across the UK. This is causing a rise in air pollution and increasing the harm to human health and the environent. Most wood burning is being carried out by more affluent people as a lifestyle choice, making it a largely avoidable issue ...
Scoping an East/West Environmental Rights Forum
In September 2026, Environmental Justice Network Ireland and ERCS held a facilitated workshop establishing options for the creation of an East/West Environmental Rights Forum ...
Anger and dismay as Scottish Government drops the right to a healthy environment from its human rights framework – press release
Environmental and human rights campaigners are angered and dismayed at the Scottish Government’s announcement in parliament that they are no longer going to include the right to a healthy environment in a Scottish Human Rights Bill ...
Over 100 organisations urge First Minister not to abandon the right to a healthy environment – press release
Over 100 civil society organisations have written an open letter urging the First Minister not to renege on the government’s longstanding commitment to recognise the human right to a healthy environment in a Scottish Human Rights Bill ...
ERCS October newsletter
Read our October newsletter on hearing coalitions roar for our right to a healthy environment. In this newsletter, we share updates on our latest collaborations including Stop Toxic Sewage Sludge, Clean Up Scotland's Sewage Coalition ...
New coalition to Clean Up Scotland’s Sewage explains the latest sewage spill data – press release
A new coalition of community groups and NGOs has launched today with the shared aim to Clean Up Scotland’s Sewage to protect our rivers, lochs and seas and our right to safe water ...
Stop Toxic Sewage Sludge Spreading: Tenacious campaigners call for cases
Tenacious Award Winners, Jo Hirst and Doreen Goldie, are working with ERCS to call for a moratorium on toxic sewage sludge spreading on agricultural land. They are calling for cases of sewage sludge spreading in Scotland to support the campaign ...
Parents, teachers and health campaigners hail ‘window of opportunity’ to cut air pollution from engine idling – press release
Parents, teachers, and environmental health campaigners have hailed a ‘window of opportunity’ to cut toxic air pollution from engine idling ...
Header image: 'Rainbow joy, Gadloch' by Emma Donaldson.
