Environment

The SNP Scottish Government introduced the Waste (Scotland) Regulations, which require all businesses and organisations to separate key materials for recycling, while most food businesses are also required to separate food waste collection.

Scotland is a nation of animal lovers and the SNP take the welfare of our pets and livestock very seriously. The Scottish Government have conducted an extensive consultation which has provided evidence that enough working dogs are suffering serious tail injuries to make the case for the law being changed.

Scotland led the way in addressing animal welfare concerns when the Scottish Parliament banned fox hunting in 2002. However, the SNP Government recognised concerns about the legislation and asked the Rt Hon Lord Bonomy to review whether the law was providing sufficient protection for our wild animals. The Scottish Government is now consulting on potential…

The Scottish Government has introduced a Bill to ban the use of wild animals in travelling circuses. The use of wild animals in circuses is widely considered to be morally unacceptable in the present day. In fact, a Scottish Government consultation on the issue found that almost 95 per cent of respondents believed that concerns…

The SNP understand the need to take decisive action to conserve our precious and valuable marine environment and biodiversity. Failure to protect coastal areas would result in permanent damage to habitats and the fish stocks they support.

December 2015 was the wettest December on record, and flooding caused devastation and misery for many people.

The SNP Scottish Government are committed to providing the support needed to help individuals, businesses and communities to recover from the damage caused by the unprecedented severe weather.

In October 2016 the Scottish Government announced underground coal gasification – or ‘UCG’ – will have no place in Scotland’s energy mix. This follows the findings of an independent report, carried out for the Scottish Government, showing that UCG poses numerous and serious environmental risks.

The SNP Government passed the Land Reform Act in March 2016, which will introduce major changes to how Scotland’s land is owned and managed. The aim of this legislation is to ensure that Scotland’s land must be an asset that benefits the many, not the few, and that our system of land rights promotes fairness, social justice, environmental sustainability and economic prosperity for all in our rural and urban communities.

The Scottish Government has put in place a ban on fracking in Scotland – meaning fracking cannot and will not take place in Scotland. The SNP have taken a cautious, evidence based approach to fracking. The Scottish Government conducted one of the most far reaching investigations into unconventional oil and gas of any government, including…