NEI Nuclear Notes

What's on your reading list? Over the course of the history of this blog, I've often written posts slugged, " Another Environmentalist for Nuclear Energy ." In recent years, I've gotten out of the habit, given that when you see prominent names like James Hansen , Stuart Brand and Bill Gates all speak on behalf of the technology, that headline ought not to be a surprise any longer. But given some reading I did earlier today, perhaps that shouldn't be the case. If the findings of a new study are accurate, academia is doing its level best to make sure the environmental professionals of tomorrow are exposed only to a narrow point of view that excludes nuclear energy from the global solutions toolbox. Over at The Conversation , Matthew Nisbet , a professor of communications at Northeastern University, tells the story of Jacqueline Ho , an environmental studies graduate who recently conducted a study into how major colleges and university teach environment...