Scotland ‘will lose key environmental protection after Brexit’

Barnacle geese at the RSPB Mersehead reserve, Dumfries. The RSPB is one of 16 bodies demanding new Scottish laws with binding targets to protect the environment. Photograph: Ken Jack/Corbis/Getty ImagesEnvironment campaigners have warned that Scotland will lose vital legal safeguards because ministers have failed to ensure environment and pollution laws will be properly enforced after Brexit.They said ministers in Edinburgh had refused repeated requests to table new legislation to guarantee citi