From coal phase outs to court victories environmental action is alive and well across Europe despite the pandemic.
Climate change catches up with the oil industry
The court said that Shell’s plans were incompatible with the action needed to tackle climate change.
Reflections on ice
New research has shown the rate and impact of melting glaciers and icesheets. We look at how this will affect people and the planet.
Can legal action stop climate change?
Can the courts bring decisive action to end our extraction of fossil fuels? Three activists take the UK Government to court for its support of the industry.
The next 5 years for Scotland’s environment
What did the SNP manifesto promise on climate change and the environment?
Time to deliver low-carbon, warm homes for everyone
The next Government needs to deliver low carbon, warm homes urgently. Retrofitting and insulating homes will be a winner for people, jobs and the planet.
Nuclear power – 35 years on from Chernobyl
Since Chernobyl only three reactor projects have begun in Europe, all being built by the French state-owned company EDF.
Japan’s outrageous radioactive waste plan
A decision to dump Fukushima’s radioactive waste water in the Pacific is causing outrage in Japan and beyond.
Celebrating progress for the environment in the past 5 years
It is worth pausing to remember that the last five years have seen some remarkable progress.
The Climate Emergency Election
This election must be about creating a green, wellbeing economy and generating the green jobs we need to transition away from fossil fuels.
Creating a Just Transition away from fossil fuels
The Just Transition Commission’s report must be seen as a strong and urgent agenda for action by the next Scottish Government.
Making sense of waste
Scotland is going backwards on waste and the rush to incineration threatens to lock us into a low-recycling, high-carbon, resource-wasting future.