Bummer in Scotland: Winter storm leads to resignation of warmist Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change

Political chill: Scotland's transport minister quits after snow brings country to a halt :: International News Story

LONDON - [Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change Stewart Stevenson] has resigned after winter storms paralyzed the transit system.

Airports were closed, trains halted and Scotland's busiest highway shut down earlier this week after a bout of heavy snow and ice. Motorists were stranded overnight in their cars on gridlocked roads.

Stewart Stevenson MSP - Working for You: Climate change targets

Climate Change Minister Stewart Stevenson said:

"Scotland has the most ambitious climate change legislation anywhere in the world and these annual targets set a clear framework for achieving our 2020 target. The targets go further than those recommended by the UK Climate Change Committee and reflect a number of meetings of the cross party group.

Stewart Stevenson addresses climate change summit

However much global emission reduce, Scotland’s climate will continue to change for decades to come and so we must adapt as well as mitigate, Climate Change minister Stewart Stevenson warned today.

Addressing delegates at Holyrood magazine’s Delivering on 2020 climate change conferences in Edinburgh today, Stevenson also spoke about the low-carbon economy that the Scottish Government hopes to realise in Scotland.

Stewart Stevenson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

During the December 2010 snowfall on 6 December, Stevenson, on Newsnight Scotland, called the response to people being trapped on the main Scottish Motorway Network for more than 10 hours, as first class, and refused to apologise, claiming the snow was un-forecast. He later back-tracked the next day, and apologised.[17] On 11 December Stevenson resigned following criticism of his handling of the issue.[18]