# How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDSummit
- Speaker: Michael Shellenberger
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Physics, Earth and environment, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_shellenberger_how_fear_of_nuclear_power_is_hurting_the_environment)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

"We're not in a clean energy revolution; we're in a clean energy crisis," says climate policy expert Michael Shellenberger. His surprising solution: nuclear. In this passionate talk, he explains why it's time to overcome longstanding fears of the technology, and why he and other environmentalists believe it's past time to embrace nuclear as a viable and desirable source of clean power.

## Lectures

1. [How fear of nuclear power is hurting the environment](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/michael_shellenberger_how_fear_of_nuclear_power_is_hurting_the_environment/33f990b9167b), 14 min (TED's player)