Big oil and economic interests have gotten in the way of nuclear energy. The Rockefeller Foundation put out a study in 1956 that said any amount of radiation is harmful to the human body. Low-level radiation exists all over the world, it's cosmic rays bombarded the earth. Big oil tried to scare people into thinking of mutating. And also they've declared themselves the perfect partner for renewables.
After a quick rundown of the summer’s hottest films, Nayeema and Kara turn to our guest today: acclaimed (and controversial) filmmaker Oliver Stone. The man behind classics like “Wall Street” and “JFK” has turned his lens to climate change solutions in a new documentary, “Nuclear Now.” We discuss the good question of why there isn’t more nuclear energy in the United States, the roots of Stone’s distrust in convention, and the challenge of a world where distrust can turn into conspiracy theory.
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