“I asked a lot of questions for many years. After detailed investigation, I found that lots of things about nuclear sounded scary but actually had no impact or were not a big deal. Nuclear became the obvious right answer for clean energy production and aligned with what I wanted. I became impressed and proud to work there,” says Hoff.
Read More“Mothers can be some of the most important and influential voices in climate and energy discussions”
Read MoreHeather and Kristin try to take a different, gentler approach to pro-nuclear activism. “We can talk to people with empathy,” Hoff said. “‘We understand their fears because we had them, too.”
Read MoreA lot of environmental groups are opening up to nuclear and outright changing their minds, and that’s happening faster and faster now. It’s like, it’s no longer taboo to be pro-nuclear energy if you’re an environmentalist. -Zaitz
Read MoreA necklace made of uranium glass hangs around Hoff's neck. "The pendant is a great conversation starter, because radiation is everywhere in nature."
Read More“It’s so hard to change your mind,” she says. “It requires humility. It was hard enough for Heather and me – we used to be suspicious of it. ... But after many years of learning about it, we changed our minds because it aligned with our environmental and humanitarian values.” -Kristin Zaitz
Read MoreRed Bluff Daily News’ Shanna Long writes about her shift regarding nuclear energy after co-founder Heather Hoff responded to some of her recent writing.
Read More"I was nervous about nuclear before I started working there," said Hoff. "And it took a lot of years to change my mind...and eventually realize that nuclear really aligned with my environmental and humanitarian goals."
Read MoreLimiting global warming to 1.5ºC will mean a growing role for nuclear power. As wildfires burn a parched land, California is rethinking its decision to decommission its last nuclear plant.
Read MoreKristin and Heather spent much time defending their environmentalist habits, but judgement came down - the other side “has the better arguments.”
Read MoreNuclear produces electricity that is carbon-free on a small land footprint, and that’s pretty attractive to someone like me who cares about the environment. -Kristin Zaitz
Read MoreIn the wake of the Fukushima accident, Hoff went from fearing that she would need to leave her job to being committed to the potential of nuclear to be a safe, clean contribution to the global energy supply.
Read MoreIida talks with Al Scott about the importance of building more low carbon power plants, and how nuclear is the key.
Read MoreFor something that is so obviously the right thing to do, why would we not go to extreme lengths, change laws, and even harder, change our minds, in order to support it? I believe we can do this. I still believe in the power of humanity to do hard things in order to protect people and the planet. Not because it’s popular or easy or obvious. Because it’s right.
Read MoreIt’s not the first documentary to herald the eco-nuclear movement but, even so, this is still a convincing argument in favour of the long-tabooed energy source.
Read MoreDecades after the previous generation of greens protested to close nuclear reactors, a new generation is beginning to advocate to save those same plants. These activists regard nuclear power – which provides more than half of the country’s clean energy – as a vital asset in the fight against climate change.
Read More“We have to give this technology a chance,” the Mothers for Nuclear member said, joining dozens of others who stood with signs outside the city’s famous Brandenburg Gate.
Read MoreHeather chatted with Emmet about defending Diablo Canyon.
Read MoreBy all means keep researching and innovating, but the cheapest and fastest solution to meeting our carbon-emissions goals right now is lifetime extension of existing nuclear plants.
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