{"id":1033,"date":"2026-07-22T18:40:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=1033"},"modified":"2026-07-22T18:40:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:40:52","slug":"weve-been-wrong-about-nuclear-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=1033","title":{"rendered":"We&#8217;ve Been Wrong About Nuclear Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio>https:\/\/dts.podtrac.com\/redirect.mp3\/d2h6a3ly6ooodw.cloudfront.net\/reasontv_audio_8393520.mp3<\/audio><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<select><option>1x<\/option><option>1.1x<\/option><option>1.25x<\/option><option>1.5x<\/option><option>2x<\/option><option>3x<\/option><\/select>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>:15 <\/span><br \/>\n<span> :15<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<p>Download  <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>We&#8217;ve Been Wrong About Nuclear Power<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"\" data-yt-id=\"9yaQCHoCwpQ\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"281\" id=\"yt-player-9yaQCHoCwpQ\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9yaQCHoCwpQ?enablejsapi=1\" title=\"Featured YouTube video\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zion Lights is a former spokesperson for the radical environmental group Extinction Rebellion, whose members are known for causing mass transportation stoppages and gluing themselves to planes to call attention to what they say is a &#8220;climate and ecological emergency.&#8221; She has gone from protesting nuclear power plants to aggressively campaigning for their expansion as a way of helping the global poor raise their living standards.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=1029\">Trump\u2019s Threats To Yank Broadcast Licenses Are Part of a Speech-Chilling Intimidation Campaign<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raised in Great Britain by working-class immigrants from rural Punjab, her new book is <em>Energy Is Life: Why Environmentalism Went Nuclear<\/em>. 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