‘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.

Mairi 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.