Monbiot Goes Nuclear on Student
Daily Journal (Opinion), Green, Media, Politics, World NewsApr 3, 2011
Skinny George
I owe George Monbiot an apology. Last week, I published an article for Project Censored in which I included a few choice snippets of a debate aired on DemocracyNow! The debate was between world renowned anti-Nuclear activist and co-founder of Physicians for Social Responsibility, Dr. Helen Caldicott, and famous author and The Guardian columnist George Monbiot. I will not reprint the entire segment of the article, in which I quoted and commented on the two sides. However, here is the one paragraph, or shall I say sentence, that Monbiot took exception to:
“Monbiot started off the debate by stating, “coal is hundreds of times more dangerous than nuclear power, not just because of climate change, though, of course, climate change is a big one, but also because of industrial