Commenting on a new report from the IEEP, published today [Wednesday 9 March] by the RSPB, Wildlife Trusts and WWF, which concludes that “it is likely...
18 projects are to share over £430,000 to transform the local environment and add value to the economy, Environment Minister Aileen McLeod said today. The Central...
The next Scottish Government needs to establish a comprehensive new strategy to help businesses and consumers reduce their demand for electricity, environmentalists have said. The...
Environmental lawyers ClientEarth have warned the Justice Secretary Michael Gove that proposed changes to cost rules would intimidate most citizens and prevent them from going to...
The environmental impacts of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster will last decades to centuries, warns a new Greenpeace Japan report. Man-made, long-lived radioactive elements are absorbed...
Actor and clean water advocate Mark Ruffalo has written to Northern Ireland environment minister Mark Durkan as the Government has given permission for unconventional oil and...
There’s a lot of momentum building as youngsters get set for this weekend’s Big Lego Swap event at St. Enoch Centre in Glasgow. Young Lego enthusiasts...
Scottish Government Minister for Learning, Science & Scotland’s Languages, Alasdair Allan MSP, yesterday (Thursday, 25th February) received an award from the prestigious international Foundation for Environmental...
WWF-UK is calling on the Chancellor to put a natural capital ‘stress test’, which highlights the potential risks the economy faces from environmental damage, at the...
Environment Minister Aileen McLeod has accepted recommendations from the wildlife crime penalties review group to introduce tough new maximum penalties for those who commit crimes against...
Reacting to launch of “Making Things Last”, the Scottish Government’s strategy on the circular economy, Dr Richard Dixon, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, said “Moving...
Environmental campaigners are calling for a coal-fired power station in Wales to be closed after the threat it poses to the environment and to the health...
The average household in Scotland has £4,000 worth of clothes – 30% of which have been unworn for at least a year – yet each...
EFSA has published two Scientific Opinions on environmental risk assessment (ERA), with a third to follow shortly. Reinhilde Schoonjans explains the issues at the heart of...
New campaign encourages Scots to help fight climate change. Saving the world isn’t just for the movies. That’s the message of a new national campaign from the...