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Former Extinctionist Sees the Light

“I have a long history of campaigning on environmental issues, most recently as a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion,” writes British activist Zion Lights. “Now, I have quit the organisation to take up a position as a campaigner for nuclear power.”

Zion Lights during her Extinction Rebellion phase
Zion Lights during her Extinction Rebellion phase

“I have a long history of campaigning on environmental issues, most recently as a spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion,” writes British activist Zion Lights. “Now, I have quit the organisation to take up a position as a campaigner for nuclear power.”

Her conversion followed a chat with Andrew Neil:

Ms Lights is now fully atomic:

For many years I was skeptical of nuclear power. Surrounded by anti-nuclear activists, I had allowed fear of radiation, nuclear waste and weapons of mass destruction to creep into my subconscious.

When a friend sent me a scientific paper on the actual impacts, including the (very small number of) total deaths from radiation at Chernobyl and Fukushima, I realised I had been duped into anti-science sentiment all this time.

Do read on.

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Original URL: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/blogs/tim-blair/former-extinctionist-sees-the-light/news-story/69c08114da96953d52ba340f4479d43c