GLASGOW and Edinburgh are to mark Clean Air Day later this month with a series of road closures and events designed to raise awareness and encourage people to ditch their cars. The date – Thursday, June 21 – is geared towards having drivers and commuters switch to active travel or public transport, as an alternative …
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SCOTLAND’S environmental ambitions will come under scrutiny at Holyrood today. Politicians will debate the nation’s air pollution problems following a recent report by the Environmental Climate Change and Land Reform Committee. It called into question the timescales proposed to alleviate the “crisis” as come campaigners have already put it.
A THREE mile glow in the dark bike ride has marked Edinburgh’s pioneering new speed limit roll-out being completed. The luminous procession of cycles took part in a celebratory ride around the heart of Edinburgh on Sunday to celebrate the Capital becoming Scotland’s first 20mph city. The GlowRide, organised by City of Edinburgh Council and …
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TWO leading experts have quit the Scottish government’s clean air strategy team over Glasgow’s low emission zone roll-out. They said they had suffered “disappointment in and frustration” around the Cleaner Air for Scotland Governance Group lack of progress in tackling unsafe levels of air pollution. They cited and input into Glasgow’s draft Low Emission Zone …
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FRIENDS of the Earth Scotland have hit out at Glasgow City Council after it published plans for the roll-out of the nation’s first low emissions zone. Scotland’s largest city is the worst affected by filthy air pollution, and targeted for the first LEZ roll-out deliberately to help it clean up. The environment group is now …
FERRY operators CalMac says it will review the use of disposable single use plastics and straws after being lobbied by school pupils and politicians. It comes after a delegation of school children from Sunnyside Primary in Glasgow under the Ocean Defenders banner gave them a presentation on their #NaeStrawsAtAw campaign. It also follows pressure from …
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THEY sail some of the most beautiful waters in the world, island hopping from idyllic ports and all that makes Scotland great. A lifeline service for the communities who rely on them, work with them, wait for them, dodging in between fishing boat and creel. But now CalMac, that iconic Scottish brand, is being urged …
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FRIENDS of the Earth Scotland have released new data showing how the public are being left at risk by a damning failure by government and local authorities to tackle street air pollution as the campaign group steps up calls for action. The environmental campaigners described it as a “crisis” that has left thousand of men, …
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AS the Scottish Government’s consultation over Low Emission Zones comes to a close. four experts from different fields offer their opinions on what needs done to ensure Scotland takes full advantage of them between 2018 and 2020. Glasgow will be first, followed by Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dundee in a bid to tackle toxic air pollution. …
SCOTLAND is in the grip of an “air pollution crisis” triggered by over reliance on cars, hard hitting new stats reveal. Green campaigners have seized on the figures as proof more needs to be done to tackle the problems urgently. Campaigners Friends of the Earth Scotland said the health of the elderly and children were …
