{"id":62656,"date":"2019-09-04T14:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=62656"},"modified":"2019-09-04T14:53:39","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T13:53:39","slug":"green-new-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/green-new-deal\/62656\/","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Green claims Sturgeon\u2019s green policy is a &#8220;cheap imitation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Nicola Sturgeon\u2019s Programme for Government lacks the ambition, scale and courage required to tackle inequality and the climate emergency, the <a href=\"https:\/\/greens.scot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Green<\/a>\u00a0Party has said<\/h2>\n<p>Nicola Sturgeon has put climate change at the forefront of Scotland&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/protecting-scotlands-future-governments-programme-scotland-2019-20\/pages\/1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Programme for Government<\/a>, revealing a range of green policy pledges.<\/p>\n<p>Among the pledges was a plan to make the Scottish Highlands and Islands the world&#8217;s first zero-emission aviation region. Sturgeon also announced a\u00a0\u00a3500m funding boost for Scotland&#8217;s bus network to create priority routes for buses across towns and cities, and a promise to decarbonise Scotland&#8217;s railways by 2035.<\/p>\n<p>While adopting the language of a Green New Deal, &#8220;measures do not go far enough if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/scotland-travel-infrastructure\/58726\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotland is to provide a future for all<\/a>,&#8221; Scottish Green&#8217;s co-leader Patrick Harvie said.<\/p>\n<p>Responding, Harvie said: \u201cImitation is the sincerest form of flattery after all, and a week after we launched our Scottish Green New Deal, it is gratifying to see the First Minister adopt our language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am obviously pleased that, six months after she declared one, the First Minister has recognised that the climate emergency requires more than just ambitious targets, and I welcome the commitment to introduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/policies\/food-and-drink\/good-food-nation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Good Food Nation Bill<\/a>, at last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this programme for government is a cheap imitation of ours.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer version lacks the ambition, scale and courage required of an emergency response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe welcome her adoption of the idea that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scottish-enterprise.com\/our-organisation\/about-us\/who-we-work-with\/scottish-investment-bank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scottish Investment Bank<\/a> should prioritise the climate emergency, but the funding is limited. This is not system change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Scottish Government also seem infatuated with consumer choice and unproven technologies that apparently promise a quick fix \u2013 Carbon capture and storage, electric aeroplanes and hydrogen trains \u2013 yet the technology we need to solve the climate crisis is already here.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe response to the climate emergency cannot be piecemeal. It must mobilise the economy behind a just transition, one that creates jobs, gets Scotland moving and gives people warm homes. It must harness the power of the public sector to align in one direction \u2013 providing a future for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScotland needs a Scottish Green New Deal which recognises the purpose, scale and bravery required of an emergency response. 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