Bathing water designation came to our attention when we were contacted by the River Almond Action Group (RAAG). In this blog, our Assistant Legal Officer Preslava Todorova analyses how, over two years after our representation to Environmental Standards Scotland, bathing water designation remains murkier than ever ...
Our Rights
Defending Cullaloe Forest from environmental harm – Mark’s Voice for Justice
This Voices for Justice comes from Mark, who was concerned about the environmental harm of a local quarry and its storage and processing of incinerator waste, contaminating the adjacent forest. Without the commitment and tenacity of Mark, other concerned residents and local Councillors, pollution controls would not be enforced, and environmental harms would be allowed to continue unchecked ...
Participatory decision-making at the Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland
D. Bowers is a member of the Environmental Justice Network. Last year, D was selected to participate in the decision-making panel for the Independent Human Rights Fund for Scotland ...
Petition to protect Scotland’s ancient and native woodlands closed: an update from Help Trees Help Us
In June 2023, we published a Voices for Justice from the Help Trees Help Us' campaign on saving Scotland's ancient and native woodlands. After almost five years, the petition was closed. Help Trees Help Us provide an update ...
Councillors, health professionals, teachers and charities call on Scottish Government to cut air pollution from engine idling – press release
A coalition of more than twenty organisations and individuals, including councillors, health professionals, teachers, and charities, have joined forces to urge the Scottish Government to better enforce the ban on engine idling ...
Race & the Right to a Healthy Environment: Lived experiences on access to greenspace and healthy food
Race & the Right to a Healthy Environment aims to establish a benchmark and platform to begin to respond to the priorities of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups in Scotland ...
A small victory for transparency: the establishment of an agricultural EIA register
In this long read, our Legal Director Dr Ben Christman reflects on why it took over seven years for a public body to comply with legal transparency duties, and what this tells us about the flaws in Scotland’s environmental governance regime ...
Failings at Scotland’s environmental watchdog exposed by environmental law charity – press release
A new report published by ERCS has identified a series of failures at Environmental Standards Scotland, an environmental watchdog established to enforce environmental law ...
