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By Kevin Keane, BBC Scotland's environment correspondent
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Much of Scotland's greenhouse gases come from heavy industry around Grangemouth
The Scottish government has missed another of its key annual targets for reducing planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.
Figures for 2022 show that emissions fell by 50% from its 1990 baseline.
This is slightly down on the previous year's figures but well short of its target of a 53.8% reduction.
It means ministers have now missed nine of the past 13 annual benchmarks for tackling climate change.
This is likely to be the last time progress will be measured against annual targets with the Scottish government confirming in April that it will scrap all but the 2045 net zero goal.
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