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‘Reprehensible retreat’: fury as Scottish ministers scrap carbon emissions pledge
Climate campaigners complain of short-termism as country abandons target to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030
Climate campaigners have accused Scottish ministers of being “inept” and “short-termist” after they scrapped Scotland’s target to cut carbon emissions by 75% by 2030.
Màiri McAllan, the Scottish net zero secretary, confirmed her government had abandoned that target and would also drop legally binding annual targets on reducing carbon emissions, after damning criticism from a UK advisory committee.
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