The SNP could have cut back on business tax breaks which their own review found weren't even working Instead, they've slashed spending on climate action, brought back peak rail fares and axed free bus travel for asylum seekers (all of which had been delivered by Scottish Greens)

🍕Recess Stories 📍Allotments, Lochaline Thank you to Community Land Association Morvern (CLAM) for opening their allotments where I met with brilliant young people, asking really interesting questions on how democracy works and what it means to be an MSP. Delicious pizza too.

Now is not the time to cut back on climate action. Yet that's exactly what the SNP is doing. #ClimateEmergency buff.ly/3MxFh4u

With global temperatures rising, we urgently need bold and ambitious change.🌍 Instead, the SNP have cut active travel and nature restoration budgets and are bringing peak rail fares back. We have no time to waste on backsliding. [1/4]

In the paper today as I have been calling for a ban on Glyphosate for two years now, and not just in Moray. Scotland should take the lead and ban this poison that is damaging our health, food and environment. Scottish Greens MorayGreens

Local MSP Questions Scottish Government on Local Community Involvement in Calmac Plan thehighlandtimes.com/local-msp-ques… Ariane Burgess

Video Exclusive: 'cleaner fish' living on a mort sock RSPCA Assured Bakkafrost in Loch Shieldaig - the beautiful wrasse are collateral damage in the welfare nightmare that is Scottish salmon Salmon Scotland RSPCA (England & Wales) Chris Packham Dr. Brian May Chris Sherwood OneKind

🐟Recess Stories 📍Loch Linnhe, Cuil Bay, Duror Great to be on the ground with Kate Willis discussing the challenges and opportunities with Long Live Loch Linnhe and the Marine & Coastal Conservation of Loch Linnhe (MaCCOLL) including the challenges of an opposed salmon farm.

Effective speech by Green MSP Lorna Slater. Hammering the SNP on climate cuts.

The SNP have announced: ▶️ Climate funding: slashed ▶️ Free school meal expansion: dropped ▶️ Conversion practices ban: shelved ▶️ Peak rail fares: reintroduced ▶️ Active travel funding: cut This is not how you build a fairer, greener Scotland.

Thanks to Ariane Burgess for the great chats at the Scottish Environment LINK parliamentary event tonight on everything from Marine Conservation Society beach cleans to Moray Ocean Community snorkels and sea grass surveys! Hopefully you will get to see some of the amazing Basking Sharks hanging around the Moray Firth soon!

📚 Happy #ReadABookDay! Currently diving into “Ultra-Processed People” by Chris van Tulleken and it’s a must-read. If it’s not in your local library, you can find it on Hive. 👇 buff.ly/3Mx3xU7 buff.ly/3XcIY4k

Incredible news! Thank you and well done Gillian Mackay MSP and all reproductive rights activists for your hard work on this Bill.

As you'll know, parliamentary business resumed this week and I've been busy! Here are some of the things I have been doing.

Brilliant to hear Ullapool Sea Savers on Out of Doors talking about their great initiatives to help more of us act with awareness when it comes to our seas.

🌱 Healthy soils are the backbone of ecosystems, agriculture & climate regulation. Yet, 75% of soils are already degraded. To reverse this, we aim for #LandDegradationNeutrality to preserve & enhance our soil's ability to support life. Via BES-Net (Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network)