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Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland @ERCScot

Justice for people and the environment. ERCS is no longer active on X, please find us on Instagram, BlueSky and LinkedIn.

Joined March 2021
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ERCS is leaving X. Read why & come join us in our other online spaces: ercs.scot/news/why-ercs-is-l…
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Thanks to everyone who made it to our rally yesterday! We sent a clear message to @scotgov - it's time to make #accesstojustice affordable for all & remove financial barriers that prevent people from using our legal system to protect the environment
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More details in our press release: ercs.scot/news/environmental…
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DrSue@SueLaughlin1
1 Oct 2024
Important rally at the Edinburgh Court of Session today about SG failure to honour environmental rights and justice @ERCScot @JohnSwinney
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Monica Lennon
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1 Oct 2024
In 2021, the Convention’s governing bodies issued Scotland a deadline to end over a decade of non-compliance by 1 October 2024. Why have SNP ministers not bothered to take action to achieve compliance with this important UN Convention on access to environmental justice?
Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland@ERCScot
25 Sep 2024
⚠️ On 1 October, Scotland will fail to meet the UN Aarhus Convention deadline to make access to #environmentaljustice affordable. 📢 Join our rally to call for action & hear from community campaigners who faced unaffordable expenses when taking environmental cases to court.
Yellow triangle sign with an exclamation mark and the text 'No access to justice'. Details of the Environmental Justice Rally: 12pm on 1 October at Court of Session in Edinburgh.

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⚠️ Today @scotgov has failed to meet the UN deadline to make access to environmental justice affordable. @ScotGovFM,@Siobhianayr, @GillianMSP what action will you take to remove financial barriers to holding polluters to account in court? Read more: ercs.scot/our-work/aarhus-co…
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📢 Today 1 October we are gathering at the Court of Session in Edinburgh at 12:30pm to show our anger & call for action. Come join us 👇🏽 ercs.scot/news/environmental…
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Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland@ERCScot
25 Sep 2024
⚠️ On 1 October, Scotland will fail to meet the UN Aarhus Convention deadline to make access to #environmentaljustice affordable. 📢 Join our rally to call for action & hear from community campaigners who faced unaffordable expenses when taking environmental cases to court.
Yellow triangle sign with an exclamation mark and the text 'No access to justice'. Details of the Environmental Justice Rally: 12pm on 1 October at Court of Session in Edinburgh.

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Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland@ERCScot
17 Sep 2024
Have you subscribed to our newsletter yet? 👉🏽 In the September edition, our Chief Officer Shivali reflects on the Human Rights Bill & recaps our latest work on supporting people to tackle environmental degradation. Read & subscribe: ercs.scot/news/september-new…
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NASUWT Scotland@NASUWT_Scotland
25 Sep 2024
Fantastic to catch up with Benji Brown from @ERCScot - we are united in our calls for better enforcement of Scotland's engine idling ban. @asthmalungscot
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ERCS, together with @NASUWT_Scotland @RCPEdin @asthmalungscot & others, have been calling for better enforcement of Scotland's engine idling ban. Read our briefing here: ercs.scot/wp/wp-content/uplo…

NASUWT Scotland@NASUWT_Scotland
25 Sep 2024
Replying to @NASUWT_Scotland
NASUWT supports Recommendation 10: Implement and enforce the ban on vehicle idling across Scotland and increase the fixed penalty notice to act as a greater deterrent. @asthmalungscot
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Fantastic to hear from Prof Jill Belch of @RCPEdin at @asthmalungscot parliamentary event, providing a lucid breakdown of how air pollution damages our health. This is why we need a legal right to a #healthyenvironment and effective enforcement of our environmental laws
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Human Rights Consortium Scotland@HRCScotland
24 Sep 2024
📣 Exciting speakers announced for our upcoming webinar: Scotland's Programme for Government 2024-25: What Does It Mean for Human Rights? 🗓️ Thursday, 26 September 🕛 12:00 - 1:00pm 💻 Via Zoom hrcscotland.org/events/scotl…
Poster advertising the event with title "Scotland’s Programme for Government 2024-25: What does it mean for Human Rights?" and a list of speakers: (1) Lucy Miller, Human Rights Consortium Scotland (2) Neil Cowan, Amnesty International Scotland (3) Pete Ritchie, Nourish Scotland (4) Dr. Shivali Fifield, Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (5) Juliet Harris, Together Scotland (6) Dr. Pauline Nolan, Inclusion Scotland (7) Rob Gowans, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (8) Kimberley Wong, CRER (Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights) (9) Professor Nicole Busby, University of Glasgow. The poster also has time and date: "Thursday 26 September, 12:00 - 1:00pm Via Zoom"

ALT Poster advertising the event with title "Scotland’s Programme for Government 2024-25: What does it mean for Human Rights?" and a list of speakers: (1) Lucy Miller, Human Rights Consortium Scotland (2) Neil Cowan, Amnesty International Scotland (3) Pete Ritchie, Nourish Scotland (4) Dr. Shivali Fifield, Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland (5) Juliet Harris, Together Scotland (6) Dr. Pauline Nolan, Inclusion Scotland (7) Rob Gowans, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland (8) Kimberley Wong, CRER (Coalition for Racial Equality and Rights) (9) Professor Nicole Busby, University of Glasgow. The poster also has time and date: "Thursday 26 September, 12:00 - 1:00pm Via Zoom"

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'Scotland urged to resurrect right to a healthy environment.' @TheENDSReport highlights our response to the news that the Human Rights Bill would be excluded from @ScotGovFM's 2024-5 Programme for Government: endsreport.com/article/18888…

Scotland urged to resurrect right to a healthy environment

Campaigners are urging the Scottish government to retrieve its commitment to put the right to a healthy environment into law after it was kicked into the long grass.

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Human Rights Consortium Scotland@HRCScotland
17 Sep 2024
📢 NEWS 📢 The Human Rights Consortium Scotland has issued a letter to the First Minister on behalf of over 100 organisations and members of the lived experience boards who have helped shape the Scottish Human Rights Bill up until this point. Why is the letter important? 🧵
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Our report exposing post-Brexit environmental governance failures has been covered by @TheENDSReport: endsreport.com/article/18884…

‘Significant and unreasonable delays’: Post-Brexit watchdog is ‘failing to act’, charity warns

Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS), an environmental watchdog established post-Brexit to scrutinise and enforce environmental law in Scotland, is failing to effectively enforcing green laws,...

endsreport.com
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Environmental Rights Centre for Scotland retweeted
Save Our Shore, Leith@SOSLeith
15 Sep 2024
inews.co.uk/news/scottish-wa… “Supportive politicians are supportive in talk, but fail in action”. Let's get cleaning our water into every political manifesto ahead of the next Holyrood election @BenMacpherson @adamnolsmcvey @KatrinaFaccenda @CllrChasBooth @JackRMCaldwell @ERCScot

Scottish Water admits nearly 800 sewage spill sites are unsatisfactory

One in five of Scottish Water’s sewage discharge points is not good enough, according to the national water giant’s own assessment

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An excellent webinar series from experts in the field - attend if you can!
APRS@APRScotland
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We have four free webinars coming up with @PlanDemoc. We'll cover different aspects of the new National Planning Framework 4 and the planning system. Register today 👇 aprs.scot/event/winter-webin… 1st: Understanding Scotland’s new planning system. 📅Wed 15th Nov 2023 ⏰19:00-20:30
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