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Swinney under pressure on future of North Sea oil and gas
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“At local level, it’s different."
SCOTTISH First Minister John Swinney is caught between old colleagues in Alba and the Scottish Greens on the future of North Sea oil and gas.
The SNP-Green Scottish government had held a policy of a presumption against new fossil fuel production, but after the coalition’s break-up and a change of SNP leader, the Scottish Greens fear it could be abandoned.
Calling for clarity ahead of the long-delayed publication of the Scottish government’s Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan, Green climate spokesperson Mark Ruskell said: “We are at a crossroads for our planet.
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