For this environmentalist, the solution to the climate crisis is loud and nuclear

Written By Peter Allan

Zion Lights is a climate activist and nuclear energy advocate. She's also a guest on episode 13 of Maxed Out. Photo submitted. Photo composite by Jai Sequoia

By Zahra Khozema

Nuclear energy is getting a second look, mostly because of the need to meet a deadline to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But, there are concerns that deadlines can’t be met without nuclear energy.

Its critics, on the other hand, insist nuclear is too expensive to operate, too slow to build and too dangerous because of the enormous risks associated with its failure.

In Episode 13 of Maxed Out, host Max Fawcett invited Zion Lights, a British climate activist and writer. Lights has been the spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion UK, an environmental movement that uses civil disobedience to force government action on climate change. Recently, she started Emergency Reactor, an organization in support of nuclear energy. While that might seem like a contradiction for an environmentalist to support nuclear energy, she doesn't see it that way.

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