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16 March 2023

The fight to stop the Clydebank incinerator – Kenny’s voice for justice

“I was fighting for my own health, but I felt as if I was fighting for the health of the people in the hospice, the kids in the primary school and the local community generally ..."

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Schematic of combined sewer systems
25 January 2023

Sewage polluted waters and a lack of monitoring – Save Our Shore Leith 

Community organisation Save our Shore Leith (SOSLeith) campaigns against the impact of sewage outflows and the lack of monitoring in the Water of Leith – Jim Jarvie explains why and what needs to change …

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14 November 2022

Sewage sludge spreading – the harm and fight for improved regulation

Rural communities affected by sewage sludge spreading on agricultural land continue to wait for the Scottish Government to act on the human and environmental health risks. Read how community representatives, Doreen and Jo, have been at the forefront of public action against sewage sludge for more than a decade ...

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14 October 2022

Exploring environmental rights with Roma youth activists

Our Rights Officer, Cornell, joined the Friends of Romano Lav youth activists in their local neighbourhood of Govanhill, Glasgow. Together, the group walked around Govanhill and took photos of what they liked, disliked, and wanted to change about their local environment ...

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Greenspace at
17 August 2022

Reclaiming contaminated land & unaffordable, unfair access to justice

In the Murieston Valley, Livingston lies a plot of vacant contaminated land which is now a valued local greenspace. Despite significant community concerns, a planning application was approved on appeal. Find out more about their struggle and how "its the financial side that inhibits the small man from doing something" ...

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Unsightly photo of landfill
19 July 2022

Ann’s story – The fight for environmental justice

Ann Coleman, has been challenging developments on behalf of communities and the environment for over 25 years. Our Rights Officer interviewed her to learn more about her fight for environmental justice ...

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Unsightly image of landfill
22 June 2022

Voice from the Human Rights Lived Experience Board – Ann Coleman

Ann Coleman has been a community and environmental campaigner for over 25 years. We are grateful that she agreed to be on the Human Rights Lived Experience Board to inform the development of the Human Rights (Scotland) Bill ...

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29 October 2021

Court costs make access to justice unaffordable

‘I had good grounds to challenge the incinerator but when it came to it, I had no assets to pursue a legal challenge – so where was my human right of access to justice?’ ...

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