Lobbyists’ Long Effort to Revive Nuclear Industry Faces New Test - NYTimes.com

By ERIC LICHTBLAU

Published: March 24, 2011

"One turning point, people on both sides of the issue agree, was that proponents took advantage of the public concern over climate change and carbon-producing fuels beginning in the early 2000s and were able to recast themselves — first to fence-sitting lawmakers, then to the public as a whole — as a “clean” alternative that would not harm the environment."