Lib Dems respond to SNP interview on ditched climate targets

Responding to SNP Net Zero Secretary Mairi McAllan’s interview in which she insisted she was ‘not embarrassed’ at ditching Scotland’s 2030 climate change target, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton said:

“If Mairi McAllan is not embarrassed, then she is clearly not paying attention.

“These targets were about bringing down emissions, bringing down energy bills and leaving the planet in the best possible state for the next generation. The decision to ditch them is an atrocious admission of failure and neglect.

“For years we have had to endure smug lectures from nationalist ministers about how Scotland was a world leader on climate change. But when it came to doing the actual hard graft of insulating homes, planting trees or cutting emissions, they have proven to be woefully incompetent.

“If the government had got on with tackling these issues years ago, the 75% target would have been achievable. Instead they clearly cared far more about nationalism than they did environmentalism.”