NICOLA STURGEON faced accusations of hypocrisy today as she was accused of “backing the fossil fuel industry” in spite of her pledge to tackle global warming.

At First Minister’s Questions, Scottish Greens convener Patrick Harvie attacked the SNP parliamentary group at Westminster for supporting new tax relief for the oil and gas sector.

The party’s MPs backed the “transferable tax history” (TTH) proposals, which will help oil and gas companies with the costs of decommissioning in the North Sea.