Listening in on old-guard Greens as they explain why they now love nuclear power may prompt similar reactions from lowercase greens—those of us who love the pristine wild, believed all along that nukes would help preserve it, and despised the nonsense that environmentalists have enshrined as America’s new pagan religion. Those who listen in for more than ten minutes will also be left wondering how long the Greens’ new faith in nukes will last… The man who founded and then edited the Whole Earth Catalog for 16 years—a magazine guided by “biological understanding” and enamored with the planet-saving power of organic farming, solar, wind, insulation, bicycles, and handmade houses—now concludes: “Cities are Green. Nuclear energy is Green. Genetic engineering is Green.” Full story here
