KETCHUM — Clean energy is on the brink of equaling what comes from nuclear and coal-fired power plants, Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford said Saturday.
Radford, who is based in Washington, D.C., talked at the Sun Valley Wellness Festival over Memorial Day weekend. He also talked Saturday night at Light on the Mountains Spiritual Center near Ketchum.
The risks of nuclear power and coal are too great to consider building more plants in Idaho, as have been proposed, he said.
“Even if a disaster is not probable, if the consequences are big, it’s too risky,” he said.
Seaweed impacted by nuclear contamination following the Japanese tsunami contains 50 times more radiation than is safe for human consumption — “and seaweed is a big part of the Japanese diet,” Radford said.
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