The Nuclear Sponsorship That Keeps on Giving [1]
Submitted by Bob Burton [2] on
Former Greenpeace activist turned industry PR consultant, Patrick Moore [3], regularly appears as an opinion columnist or interviewee in news outlets around the world. Frequently these columns and stories don't disclose [4] that the group Moore co-chairs, the Clean and Safe Energy Coalition [5] (CSEC), is a front group for the Nuclear Energy Institute [6]. In an opinion column for the Oregon-based Statesman-Journal, Moore writes that "now may be the right time for this state to consider putting nuclear energy back to work on behalf of clean air and economic growth. I understand Oregon's reservations. I once had them, too. But after four decades as an active environmentalist, studying the facts, my views have evolved — and I'm not alone." The biographical note at the end of Moore's column -- as has been noted before [7] -- omits any indication that Moore is a consultant for the U.S. nuclear industry's lobby group. Instead, the note describes the CSEC as a "grassroots coalition which promotes the economic and environmental benefits of nuclear power as part of a green energy economy."