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.