Organised by the umbrella group Scottish Environment Link, the letter says: “Nicola Sturgeon has acknowledged that our planet faces a climate emergency. Under EU law any citizen can go, for free, to the European commission to challenge a government’s or agency’s failure to uphold EU law. Michael Gove, the UK environment secretary, is planning to introduce similar procedures after Brexit to cover environmental legal enforcement in England. I welcome the continuing involvement of environmental NGOs and civil society in Scotland in this work.”Lang Banks, the director of WWF Scotland, said: “Citizens have a right to raise concerns but we now risk losing the ability to freely access environmental justice. Brexit means we risk losing the protections we currently have, when we need them most.”

Source: The Guardian June 26, 2019 17:29 UTC