Profit Prophet
Bill Gates visited town recently for a photo op on climate change. As the owner of a nuclear power company, Gates has a vested interest* in marketing nuclear power as the solution to climate change, brushing aside the carcinogenic disasters countries like France have experienced in converting to nuclear energy and the attendant nuclear waste dilemma. Uranium mining is responsible for the deaths of many indigenous peoples worldwide, on whose territories the ore deposits are located. From Mali to Australia to Navajo Nation, this tragedy continues to unfold. *See Boondoggle at SI2.