Read our briefings and analysis on key environmental issues
Everyone has a right to a decent environment. However, the reality in Scotland is that many people have to live with a damaged environment, beside a waste dump, a chemical…
Every winter thousands of people die in Scotland because of the weather conditions. A major contributory factor for this is the condition of housing. Energy inefficient houses lead to high…
This submission relates fuel povery to ill health, and identifies its role in social exclusion through health-related causes and the diversion of income away from other basic needs. Healthy Homes…
This submission calls for assessment of the domestic sector’s effect on CO2 output and climate change, and for the creation of joined-up policy and government given the impact of fuel…
The UK has legally binding commitments under the Kyoto Protocol to reduce its emissions of a basket of gases, including CO2. To this end the Government has committed itself to…