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Because the big coal & big oil lobbies are massively more powerful than the very meagre lobbying efforts of the nuclear industry. And yes, the greens are of course going for choking off the nuclear opponent, instead of Big Oily, not forgetting that part of the green movement does receive money from the hydrocarbon industry; the Sierra Club in the US has been funded by Cheasapeake Energy from which it receives 25 million bucks between 2007 and 2010.

For example, Greenpeace has recently successfully lobbied the Phillipne government to ban golden rice despite its obvious advantages:

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-philippine-court-blocks-gmo-go...

So please don't present the environmental lobby as being selectively powerless.