Environment & International

Street Soccer Scotland, a unique project to combat social exclusion through football has been named as the charity of the year 2017

21st June 2017 by Graham Martin

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Charities have said the reintroduction of tail-docking is a “sad day” for animal welfare in Scotland

22nd June 2017 by Graham Martin

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Scots have marked World Refugee Day by forming a giant human chain in Glasgow city centre

20th June 2017 by Graham Martin

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New cash is available to help Scottish communities tackle climate change

19th June 2017 by Susan Smith

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High level intervention could force UK government into rethink

16th June 2017 by Robert Armour

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Animal charity faces its biggest crisis after damning criticism from its members and the regulator

16th June 2017 by Robert Armour

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Two weeks of music, food, song and performance starts this month

14th June 2017 by Robert Armour

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Leading animal welfare charities claims a decision by MSPs to vote in favour of reintroducing tail-docking has failed Scotland’s dogs

13th June 2017 by Graham Martin

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One of the country’s leading conservation charities has launched a campaign to ensure greater protection for Scotland’s wild land

13th June 2017 by Graham Martin

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​Targets for cleaner air set in 2015 have been reached for the first time

13th June 2017 by Robert Armour

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Greenpeace has expressed its scepticism after Michael Gove was elevated back into the Westminster cabinet as environment minister

12th June 2017 by Graham Martin

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Friends of the Earth Scotland will host Wenonah Hauter, founder and executive director of Food & Water Watch US and a leading anti-fracking activist

8th June 2017 by Graham Martin

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Scottish charities joined in the world-wide chorus of dismay and defiance which has greeted the US decision to pull out of the 2015 Paris climate deal

2nd June 2017 by Graham Martin

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40,000 Scots have told the Scottish Government to ban fracking with 12 hours still to go on the official consultation on the issue

30th May 2017 by Graham Martin

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The presidency of Donald Trump has prompted millions of people to become more politically engaged and increase their support for good causes

30th May 2017 by Graham Martin

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Poverty is “an avoidable scandal that robs people of their dignity and diminishes us all,” the chief executive of a major Christian charity has said

29th May 2017 by Graham Martin

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Wildlife conservation groups want a “progressive partnership” with the shooting community, to develop a licensing scheme for gamebird hunting

26th May 2017 by Graham Martin

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Destitution is built into the asylum process – and drives exploitation, ill health, misery and death

25th May 2017 by Graham Martin

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MSPs pledged to support the world's 17 Sustainable Development Goals at both home and abroad during a recent Scottish Malawi Partnership campaig

25th May 2017 by Susan Smith

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