Our round up of Scotland's most polluted streets shows more action on transport is needed.
Europe’s environmental crises
A hard-hitting official report reveals the depth of Europe's climate and nature crisis, and suggests much-needed ways forward.
No Ambition for Glasgow’s Low Emission Zone
Let's improve these weak air pollution proposals.
2017: what we achieved
Looking past Trump and Brexit, 2017 was a fantastic year for progress in protecting Scotland’s environment.
The greenest ever Programme for Government?
Scotland's new Programme for Government contains a number of very significant steps forward on climate change and the environment.
Car obsessed transport policy has to change
Scottish Government’s draft climate change plan is supposed to show how each sector of the economy is going to help cut overall emissions by 66% by 2030. Traffic predictions suggest transport isn't planning on doing its fair share.
Transport needs to go back to the drawing board on climate change
Transport is the largest sector of climate emissions for Scotland. Unfortunately, the Government department responsible don't seem to have any innovative thinking on how to head off demand or encourage walking, cycling or public transport.
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 …
The Budget and the Environment
On the face of it George Osborne’s Budget doesn’t say much about the environment. But if you dig into the details there is plenty to show that David Cameron’s claim that the last government would be the ‘greenest ever’ has …
A wasted decade
Last year Glasgow and Dundee councils had to declare the whole of each city as pollution zones. Last month Edinburgh added new zones and extended the existing ones. In almost all of Scotland’s urban areas air pollution, overwhelmingly from traffic, …