Many climate advocates are placing a lot of hope in nuclear energy, but is this experimental, expensive technology worth the risks?
From the harmful impacts of extracting uranium on Indigenous people to the byproducts of nuclear energy being used to create nuclear weapons, the costs of nuclear energy go beyond an inflated price tag. As utilities scramble to meet the soaring energy demand projections from AI and data centers, there are far cheaper and safer clean energy alternatives ready to bring power onto the grid today.
In this panel recorded on Sept. 29, the Montana Environmental Information Center, Rep. Shelly Fyant, and Otto Braided Hair lll of Honor the Earth discuss the false promises — and very real impacts — of nuclear energy and why it’s not the climate solution we need right now.
