About this episode
Ralph discusses various books and topics with six authors, focusing on nuclear power and its implications for climate change.
Ralph welcomes six authors to discuss their books: “Beyond Nuclear” founder Linda Gunter; trial lawyer Sean Simpson; law professor Elizabeth Burch; naturalist David Schmidt; industrial hygienist Marc Axelrod; and educator and advocate Jonathan Kozol. Linda Gunter is the founder of the US-based non-profit Beyond Nuclear and serves as its international specialist. Previously, she was a journalist at USA Network , Reuters, and The Times . She launched, and writes for Beyond Nuclear’s online magazine, Beyond Nuclear International . And she is the author of No To Nuclear: Why Nuclear Power Destroys Lives, Derails Climate Progress and Provokes War . We need to reduce the most carbon, the fastest, for the least cost—and that’s renewables every time. But it’s also an issue of: as we divert funds towards nuclear power (new reactors, which are not here now, they’re just aspirational ideas on paper, none of the designs have certifications or licenses yet) as we divert time and our money towards waiting for something that will perhaps take a decade or two (or never) to materialize, and as we squeeze out renewables in the process, what do we do? We continue to burn fossil fuels. So actually…
People in this episode
Host: Ralph Nader
Guests: Linda Gunter, Sean Simpson, Elizabeth Burch, David Schmidt, Marc Axelrod, Jonathan Kozol
Topics covered
- nuclear power
- climate crisis
- civil rights
- law
- education
- environmental advocacy
Keywords
- nuclear power
- climate change
- environment
- law
- education
- advocacy
- civil rights
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Beyond Nuclear, USA Network, Reuters, The Times
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