The First Minister oreviously said it was 'highly likely' Scotland would sign up to an international green push on fossil fuels
Eco groups have demanded to know why Nicola Sturgeon has not yet signed up to an international scheme to axe fossil fuels - which she vowed to explore in 2021.
It comes after the SNP-Green government last week published its controversial new Energy Strategy which proposes a “presumption” against new North Sea drilling. Friends of the Earth Scotland campaigns chief Mary Church said: “We need to rapidly and fairly move beyond fossil fuels if we are to meet our climate commitments.“Yet all that was announced earlier this week was a consultation on whether we should phase out oil and gas sooner than the inevitable decline of North Sea extraction would dictate.
Top news stories today The government’s twice-delayed draft strategy stopped short of setting an end date for fossil fuels - but opened a consultation on whether ministers should "adopt a presumption against any new oil and gas exploration".However, the proposals were blasted by business leaders as a "breathtaking betrayal" of the estimated 90,000 Scots workers tied to the oil industry.
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