Alan Simpson, a former Labour MP and advisor on renewable energy who now advises Friends of the Earth, responds to George Monbiot’s recent article ‘Corporate Power? No Thanks’
It was as if George Monbiot had cued in the government to demonstrate his point about singing from the nuclear hymn sheet. Energy Minister, Charles Hendry, duly surfaced to proclaim that Britain was “on the brink of the biggest nuclear renaissance since the 1950s”, that Britain was to become “the number-one destination to invest in new nuclear” and that “nuclear is the cheapest low-carbon source of electricity around”. Of course its a lie, but don’t accuse the Minister of being unable to read a script. Continue reading
