After months of growing pressure from campaigners and protests by communities up and down the country, the Scottish Government announced that planning applications for data centres over 50MW will require environmental impact assessments ...
700 enquiries to ERCS’s Law Service
Our Chief Officer Shivali Fifield reflects on the recent wins of ERCS's Law Service, which has now received over 700 enquiries. Read more in the latest Snapshot ...
ERCS affected by Beacon CRM data breach
On Monday 3 August, ERCS was notified about a data breach affecting Beacon, our third-party CRM (Customer Relationship Management) provider. This is the final update from Beacon and information for supporters ...
What Scotland’s Programme for Government means for environmental rights
The Scottish Government has published its Programme for Government, setting out its plan for the next five years and specific actions for the year ahead ...
Towards disability-inclusive climate emergency planning
A collaborative programme of work by the Sensing Climate research project, Inclusion Scotland and the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland has identified a series of priorities for disability-inclusive climate emergency planning centred on a six-step model ...
Protective expenses orders granted in two ERCS Law Service cases
Protective expenses orders have been granted to two clients of ERCS's Law Service to allow their environmental judicial review cases to proceed to full hearings ...
Campaigners renew calls for moratorium on hyperscale data centres – press release
Environmental charities have written to the First Minister renewing calls for a moratorium on hyperscale data centres until key environmental conditions are met, as opposition gathers pace and campaigners race to prevent two major developments ...
ERCS welcomes Scottish Government EIA decision for Edinburgh data centre planning appeal
A planning reporter has issued a ‘screening direction’ requiring an environmental impact assessment to be carried out for a proposal to build a 210-megawatt data centre ...
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