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Patrick Moore on nuclear power

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'''[[Patrick Moore]]''' is a former [[Greenpeace]] activist who has been a corporate consultant since at least 1991. He began working for the [[Nuclear Energy Institute]] [[front group]], the [[Clean and Safe Energy Coalition]], in 2006. The Coalition was organised and funded by the [[Nuclear Energy Institute]], with help from the public relations firm, [[Hill and Knowlton]] that has a $8 million account with the nuclear industry.<ref name="CJR">''Columbia Journalism Review'', [http://www.cjr.org/issues/2006/4/editorial.asp "False Fronts - Why to Look Behind the Label"], Editorial, May / June, 2006.</ref> In October 2008, Greenpeace issued a statement distancing itself from Moore, saying he "exploits long gone ties with Greenpeace to sell himself as a speaker and pro-corporate spokesperson, usually taking positions that Greenpeace opposes." <ref>Press release, "[http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/press-center/releases2/greenpeace-statement-on-patric Greenpeace Statement On Patrick Moore]," Greenpeace, October 10, 2008.</ref>

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