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Holyrood election 2016: Where the parties stand on environment and energy

Voters in Scotland go to the polls on Thursday 5 May to choose their next MSPs. But where do the parties stand on key issues? Here we look at the environment and energy.

Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon outlines what her party will do to protect the environment

  • moratorium on fracking

  • Warm ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖs Bill to help tackle fuel poverty

  • new Climate Change Bill with a new target to reduce carbon emissions by 50% by 2020

  • establish a government owned energy company to support local and community energy

Scottish Labour Party leader Kezia Dugdale shares her view of the environment

  • no to fracking

  • introduce a Warm ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖs Act to exploit renewable heat technologies, cut fuel poverty, tackle climate change and create jobs

  • a major review of of river and coastal flood defences

  • shift freight from lorries onto cleaner trains and coastal shipping

Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson outlines what her party will do to protect the environment

  • allowing communities to impose moratorium on windfarms

  • allowing communities to impose moratorium on fracking

  • existing nuclear capacity should be protected for the long-term

  • a clear target to achieve all properties achieving an EPC C rating or above by the end of the next decade at the latest

Scottish Liberal Democrat Party leader Willie Rennie outlines what his party will do to protect the environment

  • ban on fracking

  • boost investment in renewable energy to reach 100% renewable energy generation

  • giving priority to warm homes, renewable heat and low-carbon transport

  • ending open-cast coal mining

Scottish Green Party co-convener Patrick Harvie outlines what his party will do to protect the environment

  • ban on fracking

  • establish a framework for action on food security, sustainable agriculture and healthy living

  • transition to climate-ready neighbourhoods that reduce emissions, limit flood risks and increase resilience to extreme conditions

  • expansion of the Climate Challenge Fund

  • yes to fracking

  • scrap targets regarding foresting and re-wilding.

  • replace SEPA with a new organisation that would "work with locals and landowners rather than against them"

  • support research into GM foods, and allow a free vote in parliament on commercial cultivation