Where the parties stand on the environment

Con
Lab
Lib
Ukip
Green
SNP

Spend £3bn from the Common Agricultural Policy to clean up England's countryside over the next parliament.
Ban wild animals in circuses and press for all EU member states to ensure that animals are only sent to slaughterhouses that meet high welfare standards.
Create a "blue belt" to protect marine habitats.

Reduce carbon emissions generated during electricity production to zero by 2030.
Create 1m high-technology green jobs by 2025.
End the badger cull.

Place the country's forests in a trust and plant a tree for every child born.
Set a target for renewable energy to make up over a third of our electricity by 2020.
Cut council tax for green homes by at least £100 per year for ten years.

Repeal the Climate Change Act 2008.
Abolish green taxes and encourage the redevelopment of power stations.
Set up a commission to investigate ways to rejuvenate the coal industry.

Phase out fossil fuel-based energy generation and nuclear power.
Reduce UK greenhouse gas emissions to 10% of their 1990 levels by 2030 to tackle climate change and ban fracking.
Increase national spending on recycling and waste disposal by about 50%, an extra £4bn a year.

No new nuclear power stations in Scotland.
Produce 80% of Scotland’s energy from clean green renewable sources, up from the current rate of a third.
Plant millions of trees and expand marine carbon sinks.