Extract from Scottish Parliament meeting of the COVID-19 Committee - Apr 24
Saturday, 25 April 2020 09:30
The Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and External
Affairs (Michael Russell):...We also need to look forward to what
the First Minister yesterday called the “new normal”. It would be
foolish to say that there are opportunities ahead of us. However,
we can build something new—something better. One example is the
environment that we see around us. We are living today with a
cleaner environment in many parts of the world, including in our
own country, than we were six weeks...Request free trial
The Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution, Europe and
External Affairs ():...We also need to
look forward to what the First Minister yesterday called the “new
normal”. It would be foolish to say that there are opportunities
ahead of us. However, we can build something new—something better.
One example is the environment that we see around us. We are living
today with a cleaner environment in many parts of the world,
including in our own country, than we were six weeks ago, because
we are operating differently. The level of pollution that we are
creating from motor vehicles is different, and there are some
extraordinary signs of that. In California, people are seeing the
cleanest air in several generations. I have seen similar pictures
of Delhi—I have been in Delhi
several times and my perpetual memory of Delhi is
of dust and smog. It is the same in Beijing. People can now see the
horizon in those cities...
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