Douglas Ross has insisted the decision by the UK Government to award a carbon capture and storage project to Humberside was not politically motivated despite concerns raised by the SNP.
The North East of Scotland's Acorn project lost out to Humberside and North West Wales for funding from the government in the first round of the scheme.
It is part of the UK’s initial attempt to bury polluting carbon dioxide underground.The SNP's Stephen Flynn, business and energy spokesman, earlier this week said it was a "complete betrayal" of Aberdeenshire and added the Tories have "put holding seats in the 'red wall' of northern England ahead of saving jobs in Aberdeen and the North East".
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