Been a difficult day, but buoyed up by significant numbers of new members joining Scottish Greens 💚

SNP source: 'The SNP breaking the BHA unilaterally is an incredible act of self harm and shows that members’ voices don’t matter as much as big donor money.
'Many will be reevaluating their membership status today and in the weeks to come.'

.Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈 has criticised Humza Yousaf for moving to “capitulate to the most reactionary, backward-looking forces” in the SNP after kicking the Greens out of government.

Statement | Bute House Agreement

#ForPeopleForPlanet 🌍

The Passivhaus Trust has issued a response to housebuilders' call to 'pause and review' Scottish Passivhaus equivalent policy.

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#fuelpoverty #gridcapacity #indoorairquality #climate

Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈 Alex Rowley MSP Architects Climate Action Network LETI Good Homes Alliance

Yesterday, Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈 MSP visited our King's Buildings to see how we will use a grant from Scottish Government’s Public Sector Heat Decarbonisation Fund.

Funding for a heat recovery pump will help recycle waste heat from a data centre to warm our buildings ♻️🌇

#NetZero

🌍Accelerating the pace at which we decarbonise our public buildings will be a key factor in our push towards tackling the climate emergency.

We believe Scotland needs more of this kind of transformational change ⬇️

Leisure centres, schools and universities will be transformed by Scottish Government funds aimed at accelerating the decarbonisation of public sector properties.

@PatrickHarvie heard how waste heat from data centres will be recycled for heating The University of Edinburgh

More: ow.ly/BfZ050RmZna

Many young people will be concerned about the effect of the decision to pause puberty blockers on their healthcare journey.

I asked the Minister what steps Scottish Government is taking to resolve the situation and how we ensure lived experience is at the heart of any action going forward?

Lived experience must be at the heart of trans healthcare. 🏳️‍⚧️greens.scot/news/lived-exp…

COMMENT: 🗣️ “The wave of hostility against our community – and especially trans people – is beyond anything I’ve known.”
Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie argues “misinformation” is being peddled around the #HateCrimeAct .
✍️Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈
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Shift to 5 yr carbon budgets with proper reporting would put the focus back onto action over a parliamentary term ✅

🏠Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈 led work on Heat in Buildings now a model for rest of the UK to follow💚
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Great session with Chris Stark in Net Zero, Energy and Transport Committee this morning on Scotland’s climate ambitions 🌎🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Big takeaways🧵

🚨🌎2030 target was always on the edge of what was possible, but now it’s impossible to meet. No option but to change climate law.
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Nobody should be harassed when accessing healthcare.

Gillian Mackay's Bill to ban anti-choice protesters from targeting abortion service providers has taken a big step forward this morning.

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Scottish Government’s intention to drop interim 75% by 2030 climate target this week has rocked the confidence of Scottish Greens members and its right we pause to consider the future of the Bute House Agreement 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🟡🟢🌎🧵1/10

“ADT, the way we tax aviation, needs to be part of how we reduce aviation emission levels. Far too many people have tried to pretend that something like sustainable aviation fuels can do the job on their own – they can’t.” - Patrick Harvie 🇪🇺🌈

SNP ministers are set to introduce air departure tax (devolved since 2016) to cut demand for domestic aviation which had previously been touted to give Scottish airports an economic advantage. Now plans are being drawn up to use it for 'demand management'.
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I understand why so many are mourning the loss of an interim climate target 📉

But however you draw a line on a graph there is no way forward without actual real climate action like this ✈️

None of this happens without Greens in the room 🌎💚