MSPs reject tough climate targets in committee vote
ATTEMPTS to toughen carbon emissions targets were rejected by MSPs yesterday.
Liberal Democrat MSP Alison McInnes called for Scotland's climate change laws to include a target of 3 per cent annual emissions reductions.
This was rejected by members of Holyrood's Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Committee.
As the climate bill stands, the draft laws will only bring in annual 3 per cent reduction targets from 2020.
Campaign group Stop Climate Chaos Scotland said the lack of early action in the current draft legislation "put at risk" hopes that it would be "world leading".
MSPs also voted against an amendment by Green MSP Robin Harper to increase the 2050 target for emissions reductions from 80 to 90 per cent.
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