Last week Labour/Co-operative Party MSP for Central Scotland Monica Lennon launched proposals for a bill to make ecocide a crime in Scotland, to act as a major deterrent to those who might create severe damage to the environment. Ecocide is defined as “unlawful or …
The environment in 2022
In the midst of war and a cost of living crisis, some good things were achieved for the environment but we also went backwards in 2022. The climate scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produced a report on …
Oil giant Shell in Dutch court over climate
Judges will hear how Shell's expansion of oil and gas is at odds with need to cut climate emissions.
Can the law save the planet?
A very important legal case in the Netherlands shows the power of the law in protecting the planet.
Brexit threat to the environment
Our environmental progress could be under threat if we leave the European Union.
The price of protecting the environment
Every week four people around the world are killed defending their communities and environment.
EU departure means a tough fight to protect our environment
In 1993 the Norwegian Environment Minister called John Gummer, the UK Environment Secretary, a drittsekk – a shitbag– because of the massive impact on Scandinavian lakes and forest of acid rain caused by emissions from British power stations. In the …