LONDON, Jan. 16 (UPI) -- Britain faces an energy crisis that may lead to higher blackouts and job losses unless technology such as nuclear power is promoted, a union leader said Monday.
"The debate on the energy crisis is in limbo and we need urgent action or Britain will face the prospect of blackouts and soaring utility bills over the next five years," said Derek Simpson, general secretary of the union Amicus. "The nation's energy needs will be hostage to politically unstable states unless the Government's energy policy promotes clean coal technology and new nuclear power."
He said British governments had "shied away" from the issue of future supplies, adding officials from his union would meet to launch a campaign to promote nuclear power and clean coal technology.
