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* [[professional]] organisations,<ref>Fox Butterfield. [http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/27/us/professional-groups-flocking-to-antinuclear-drive.html Professional Groups Flocking to Antinuclear Drive], ''The New York Times'', March 27, 1982.</ref> such as [[Union of Concerned Scientists]] and [[International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War]]; and |
* [[professional]] organisations,<ref>Fox Butterfield. [http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/27/us/professional-groups-flocking-to-antinuclear-drive.html Professional Groups Flocking to Antinuclear Drive], ''The New York Times'', March 27, 1982.</ref> such as [[Union of Concerned Scientists]] and [[International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War]]; and |
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* [[political party|political parties]] such as [[European Free Alliance]]. |
* [[political party|political parties]] such as [[European Free Alliance]]. |
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Anti-nuclear groups have undertaken public [[protest]]s and acts of [[civil disobedience]] which have included occupations of nuclear plant sites. Other salient strategies have included lobbying, petitioning government authorities, influencing [[public policy]] through referendum campaigns and involvement in elections. Anti-nuclear groups have also tried to influence policy implementation through litigation and by participating in licencing proceedings.<ref>Herbert P. Kitschelt. [http://www.marcuse.org/harold/hmimages/seabrook/861KitscheltAntiNuclear4Democracies.pdf Political Opportunity and Political Protest: Anti-Nuclear Movements in Four Democracies] ''British Journal of Political Science'', Vol. 16, No. 1, 1986, p. 67.</ref> |
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This is a list of notable anti-nuclear groups.[1] These groups may oppose uranium mining, nuclear power, and/or nuclear weapons.
Various types of groups have identified themselves with the anti-nuclear movement:[2]
- direct action groups, such as the Clamshell Alliance and Shad Alliance;
- environmental groups, such as Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace;
- consumer protection groups, such as Ralph Nader's Critical Mass;
- professional organisations,[3] such as Union of Concerned Scientists and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; and
- political parties such as European Free Alliance.
Anti-nuclear groups have undertaken public protests and acts of civil disobedience which have included occupations of nuclear plant sites. Other salient strategies have included lobbying, petitioning government authorities, influencing public policy through referendum campaigns and involvement in elections. Anti-nuclear groups have also tried to influence policy implementation through litigation and by participating in licencing proceedings.[4]
Specific groups
- Abalone Alliance
- Australian Conservation Foundation
- Bellona Foundation
- Campaign Against Nuclear Energy
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (NZ)
- Christian CND
- Clamshell Alliance
- Committee for Non-Violent Action
- Council for a Livable World
- Cumbrians Opposed to a Radioactive Environment
- Don't Make a Wave Committee
- Earthlife Africa
- Friends of the Earth
- Friends of the Earth (EWNI)
- Friends of the Earth Scotland
- Global Security Institute
- Global Zero
- Greenpeace
- Greenpeace Aotearoa New Zealand
- Greenpeace Australia Pacific
- INFORSE-Europe
- Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
- International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War
- Koeberg Alert
- Labour CND
- Musicians United for Safe Energy
- Natural Resources Defense Council
- Nevada Desert Experience
- No Nukes group
- Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
- Nuclear Control Institute
- Nuclear Information and Resource Service
- NukeWatch
- Operation Gandhi
- Peace Boat
- Peace Organisation of Australia
- Pembina Institute
- Plowshares Movement
- Public Citizen Energy Program
- Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
- Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
- Shad Alliance
- Sierra Club
- Sortir du nucléaire (Canada)
- Sortir du nucléaire (France)
- Stop Rokkasho
- The Wilderness Society (Australia)
- Trident Ploughshares
See also
- List of anti-nuclear groups in the United States
- List of anti-nuclear power groups
- List of anti-nuclear protests in the United States
- List of books about nuclear issues
- List of Nuclear-Free Future Award recipients
- List of renewable energy organizations
- Non-nuclear future
References
- ^ Most of these groups are listed at "Protest movements against nuclear energy" in Wolfgang Rudig (1990). Anti-nuclear Movements: A World Survey of Opposition to Nuclear Energy, Longman, pp. 381-403.
- ^ William A. Gamson and Andre Modigliani. Media Coverage and Public Opinion on Nuclear Power, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 95, No. 1, July 1989, p. 7.
- ^ Fox Butterfield. Professional Groups Flocking to Antinuclear Drive, The New York Times, March 27, 1982.
- ^ Herbert P. Kitschelt. Political Opportunity and Political Protest: Anti-Nuclear Movements in Four Democracies British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 16, No. 1, 1986, p. 67.