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Failings at Scotland’s environmental watchdog exposed by environmental law charity – press release

Publication Date
16 September 2024
Type
  • Press releases
Topic
  • Environmental governance
Synopsis

A new report published by the Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (ERCS) has identified a series of failures at Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS), an environmental watchdog established post-Brexit to scrutinise and enforce environmental law.

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