Scot Lib Dems respond to SNP and Greens ditching climate change targets

Responding to the SNP and Greens ditching Scotland’s climate change targets, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:

“This is a generational betrayal from the SNP and the Scottish Greens and a cynical attempt to dodge bad press by simply abolishing the climate change targets that they have repeatedly missed.

“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 traded environmentalism for nationalism.

“It’s bare faced cheek to blame others while botching recycling schemes, hiking rail fares and leaving households in the cold.”