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This is the official account of the @ScotParl Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee. RTs are not endorsements.
Holyrood, Edinburgh
Joined May 2012
A draft Climate Change Plan has been laid in the Scottish Parliament👉 https://t.co/utghDqWxcQ Committees have 120 days to scrutinise it & report their findings. Responses to our Call for Views👉 https://t.co/50MBNKKHsp What's a Climate Change Plan & what happens next?👇
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Yesterday, @DLumsden_MSP asked whether @ScottishEPA, which is responsible for licensing and consenting, would be in danger of committing ecocide under the proposed legislation. .@SarahMHendry1 of @LawDundee responds👇 Missed the session? 👉 https://t.co/mS6WThfD9A
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How is the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill adding to the existing armoury of environmental law in Scotland, when we haven't used the weapons we've got in the last 11 years? Environmental consultant @GoldishCJ shares his view👇 Catch up 👉 https://t.co/vzAQJ9aW46
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Ecocide (Scotland) Bill Is there a gap in the law for the most serious incidences of severe environmental damage? Dr Clive Mitchell of @NatureScot shares his view 👇 Catch up 👉 https://t.co/bVsu9G53qg
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We'll then hear from Minister for Agriculture & Connectivity @JimFairlieLogie & officials on the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill LCM & wider issues around the production of SAF in Scotland.
Tomorrow, we take evidence on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, focusing on the existing framework of environmental law in Scotland. @ScottishEPA; @NatureScot; @EnvStanScot; @SarahMHendry1 of @LawDundee & Environmental consultant @GoldishCJ Join us @ 9am 👉 https://t.co/NiI2LPUfcJ
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Tomorrow, we take evidence on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill, focusing on the existing framework of environmental law in Scotland. @ScottishEPA; @NatureScot; @EnvStanScot; @SarahMHendry1 of @LawDundee & Environmental consultant @GoldishCJ Join us @ 9am 👉 https://t.co/NiI2LPUfcJ
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Is Scotland well positioned to be a leader in Sustainable Aviation Fuel and can it execute it? Simon McNamara of @FlyLoganair discusses this, and what alternatives to SAF might be👇 Thanks to @FlyLoganair, @ZeroPetroleum & CATAGEN for their contributions to our scrutiny!
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Yesterday @MathesonMichael queried why, out of 19 sites across the UK to have secured funding for the production of SAF, only 1 is based in Scotland. Doug McKiernan of @ZeroPetroleum replied 'I can't honestly answer your question.'👇 Catch up👉 https://t.co/P0B8QWenjI
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Today, we'll hear from @FlyLoganair, @ZeroPetroleum & CATAGEN to consider the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Bill and prospects for SAF production & distribution in Scotland. Join us @ 9.15am 👉 https://t.co/FpR8faQ5wO
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Yesterday, @MonicaLennon7 questioned Cab Sec @FionaHyslop about delays in establishing statutory bus franchising in Scotland. "Who are the champions in Government taking this forward?"👇 Missed the session? 👉 https://t.co/gBxdcxYko4
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In June 2023, we called for @scotgov to consider a merger between @CMAssets & @transcotland to create 'Ferries Scotland,' an arm of @transcotland. Today Convener @1edmountain asked 'What are you doing about it, Cabinet Secretary?'👇 Catching up? 👉 https://t.co/ADRtwIaeOS
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Join us for an update on @scotgov transport policies & performance. We'll quiz Cab Sec for Transport @FionaHyslop & officials on everything from car use reduction to active travel, road improvements to ferries, buses and rail. Tomorrow @ 9.15am👉 https://t.co/UyGlpE0Ym2
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Yesterday @DLumsden_MSP asked Prof Graham Hutchings @CCI_Cardiff 👉 'If you can import SAF far cheaper than using home grown SAF, would you not do that instead?'👇 Missed the session? 👉 https://t.co/y0cK8lapmj
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Dr Sebastian Eastham of @imperialcollege was asked whether the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Bill goes far enough. "SAF is an important but only partial answer" & it "should be considered alongside other measures that can be deployed at local scales"👇 https://t.co/WwKIVAub2Z
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REPORT on the regulations setting Scotland’s first carbon budgets. We say 👉the Climate Change Plan needs detail to support the public & @ScotParl's consideration of it 👉@scotgov should keep to their aim of laying the Plan late Oct/earlyNov Report👉 https://t.co/eFniQTtIou
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Yesterday, @KevinStewartSNP asked Jonnie Hall of @NFUStweets whether it was clear to him how the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill would interact with existing legislation. "...I would say 'throw the book at them'. But that book already exists" 👇 Catching up? 👉 https://t.co/K7BZD0oTZL
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Ecocide law "creates a safety net, an outer limit and a red line beyond which we say, things beyond this point are not acceptable." Yesterday, Sue Miller of @EcocideLaw shared what she felt the impact of an ecocide law in Scotland would be 👇 Session👉 https://t.co/VeWbaYRItr
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We held a call for views over the summer recess. You can view the responses we received 👇 https://t.co/MAQO9AqcYN If you'd like to learn more about the proposals set out in the Bill, check out this latest SPICe briefing👇 https://t.co/u31QJglIGX
Join us tomorrow as we start taking evidence on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill. We'll hear from businesses, NGOs and legal professionals including @Lawscot @CardiffLaw @EcocideLaw @ERCScot @IoD_Scotland @scottish_water @sff_uk & @NFUStweets Live @ 8.45am👉 https://t.co/5wV8A9oc4l
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Join us tomorrow as we start taking evidence on the Ecocide (Scotland) Bill. We'll hear from businesses, NGOs and legal professionals including @Lawscot @CardiffLaw @EcocideLaw @ERCScot @IoD_Scotland @scottish_water @sff_uk & @NFUStweets Live @ 8.45am👉 https://t.co/5wV8A9oc4l
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Today, we also visited Hunterston Terminal to meet with @XLCC_UK & @PeelPorts to discuss Hunterston Port and Resource Centre (PARC) & the Ardrossan Harbour redevelopment project. Our thanks to @XLCC_UK & @PeelPorts for hosting us and thanks to Irene Campbell MP for joining us.
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