Nuclear Greenwashing [1]
Submitted by Sheldon Rampton [2] on
Professional Greenpeace [3] turncoat Patrick Moore [4] is going around with a slide show that "isn't as slick as Al Gore [5]'s," writes Amanda Witherell, promoting nuclear power [6] as a safe, clean, reliable and emissions-free solution to global warming [7]. Witherell discusses the role that the Nuclear Energy Institute [8] and PR firm Hill and Knowlton [9] have played in creating Moore's "Clean and Safe Energy Coalition [10]" and takes a critical look at some of the factoids in his presentation, such as his claim that nuclear power plants could withstand a direct hit from a jetliner without breaching radioactive contamination.