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 ...
Rights Officer – my work so far
Cornell, ERCS's Rights Officer, works on raising awareness of environmental rights and supporting equitable participation in environmental decision-making ...
Scotland’s environmental watchdog needs a trip to the vet
Read ERCS's report on our first 11 representations to Environmental Standards Scotland, and our legal director's summary ...
Win: Scottish Forestry to publish decisions about Environmental Impact Assessments
After ERCS identified a breach of law, Scottish Forestry’s decisions on forestry projects will be more transparent ...
Systemic failure to enforce engine idling ban is putting public health at risk – press release
Engine idling is banned in Scotland because it releases toxic exhaust fumes that are harmful to human health and the environment. Yet despite numerous reports of idling, there has been a systemic failure to enforce the ban at air pollution hotspots ...
Campaigners warn that Scotland’s climate plans are ‘doomed to fail’ without robust public scrutiny – press release
The Scottish Government will likely repeat failures that resulted in the ditching of 2030 climate targets unless better scrutiny mechanisms are introduced in the next Climate Change Plan ...
ERCS advice service: Our first 250 cases
ERCS runs Scotland’s only free legal advice service on environmental law. Our first 250 cases reveal the widespread range of environmental problems across Scotland ...
