Will "Pandora s Promise" Start A New Environmental Movement FOR Nuclear Power?

The last line in Pandora's Promise , Robert Stone's new documentary about the environmental advantages of nuclear power, comes from Michael Shellenberger, co-head of the Breakthrough Institute. "I have a sense that this is a beautiful thing, the beginning of a movement," he says. Provoking a new environmental movement in favor of nuclear power is a tall order, but a recent screening of Pandora's Promise suggests that it might play a part, for some intriguing reasons.Stone's film premiered at Sundance to positive reviews ( Variety , Slate ) and is scheduled for theatrical release this summer. It makes a convincing case for nuclear power as a carbon-free source of energy to reduce the harm of climate change in a world in which population is rising and the demand for electricity is soaring as the developing world develops. (For the record, I was already convinced; See Beware the Fear of Nuclear...FEAR ) Nuclear power, Shellenberger says, can contribute to "...a world of seven to ten billion people, living resource-intensive high energy lives, without killing the climate." [More]