According to article from the British newspaper The Guardian, Gordon Brown and Nick Clegg, two of the top candidates in Britain's upcoming election, both launched green manifestos outlining their energy and environmental policies. The manifesto of Gordon Brown's Labour party said that the Liberal Democrats' ban on new nuclear power would endanger energy security and climate change goals. The Liberal Democrats' manifesto pledged to redirect £3.1bn from other spending programs to stimulate the creation of 100,000 jobs in renewable energy. Other possibilities include building on the nuclear industry already in the north-west and concentrating the development of new carbon capture and storage technology for coal power in Yorkshire and Humberside.
