Will Nichols - Green thinkers hit back at anti-nuclear letter
April 6, 2012 Five leading figures in the green movement have warned David Cameron that he risks undermining both the energy security of the UK and its ability to cut greenhouse gas emissions if he follows the advice of former Friends of the Earth directors and phases out nuclear power in the UK.
Guardian columnist George Monbiot and author Mark Lynas are among the signatories of an open letter that takes issue with a letter sent to Cameron by Jonathon Porritt, Charles Secrett, Tom Burke and Tony Juniper earlier this week.
In that letter, the prime minister was told the UK is effectively subsidising French companies EDF and Areva, which are contracted to build several of the eight planned new reactors.
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