Serious concerns raised as emission target is missed
Tuesday 17th July 2012
The Scottish Government’s failure to meet the first target set by the Climate Change Act marks an extremely worrying start to the implementation of this legislation. Today’s announcement that Scotland emitted more greenhouse gases in 2010 than the previous year, means ambition has not been matched by action.
The figures for 2010 were released today and show that Scotland’s greenhouse gas emissions increased by nearly 2% from 2009.
