BBC: White Paper: Environment, energy and resources

BBC Scotland's environment correspondent David Miller looks at what the Scottish government's White Paper on independence would mean for rural Scotland, the environment and energy.

Scotland's natural resources can bring prosperity and ensure the global challenges of the 21st century are met, including climate change, food supply and energy security, says the White Paper.

An SNP government in an independent Scotland would maximise production from oil and gas fields off its shores. "Insufficient weight" is given to the needs of rural Scotland by the Westminster government, says the paper.  MORE