A rousing set by Capercaille set the scene for the Big Green Debate at
the Hub in Edinburgh. Organised by Scottish Environmental Link the
event attracted 350 people anxious to quiz leading politicians about a
range of environmental issues.
We have broken the debate down into managable sections that you can listen and view directly on this page. You can also view videos on the Scottish VotePod Channel on You Tube, subscribe to the audio podcasts on iTunes or directly download the audio files. Our audio clips allow you to listen to the discussion in detail, while the video clips will feature shorter highlight clips. The evening also featured electronic voting by the audience. You can access the results here.
The panel of politicians were;
SSP: Colin Fox - Party Convenor
Conservatives: Alex Johnstone - Environment spokesperson
SNP: Richard Lochhead - Environment spokesperson
Liberal Democrats: Ross Finnie - Minister for Environment and Rural Development
Labour: Sarah Boyack - Deputy minister for Environment and Rural Development
Greens: Mark Ballard - Transport spokesperson
Solidarity: Patricia Smith
AUDIO
Section 1: The debate started off with a question from the floor about transport policy and climate change.
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Section 2: In this section the panel are asked to outline their policies on energy use to tackle global warming.
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Section 3: The next question from the audience raised concerns that industrial scale onshore wind farms in Scotland are detrimental to the landscape and damaging the case for renewable energy.
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Section 4: The next question to the panel of politicians sought their views on dealing with serious ill health brought about by chemical pollution.
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Section 5: The candidates were then asked to comment on how the Scottish Executive could best use its massive spending power on food in hospitals, prisons and schools to increase local sourcing and improve the quality.
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Section 6: Proposals to create a Marine National Park for Scotland and other marine issues prompted the next question from the floor.
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VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS
This video features questions, comments and opinions from the audience at The Big Green Debate.
The panel respond to a question about congestion charging and the future of the Forth Road Bridge.
The panel attempt to answer a question about the link between toxins in the environment and disease/neurological disorder.
The panel respond to questions about Scotland's marine environment, and the possibility of a Marine National Park
Using electronic pads, the audience vote on the topics discussed
Videos produced by journalism students at Napier University.
Lesley Riddoch appeared to know the doctor who posted the toxins question. I would like to be able to contact this doctor as she wrote a book on the subject and it would be useful to be able to get hold of it.
Are you able to help?
thanks!
Posted by: Rachel Nunn | April 23, 2007 at 08:05 PM
Excellent debate, very useful, thanks
Posted by: celebrity | July 12, 2009 at 02:02 PM