Editing Environmental movement (section)

==== Anti-nuclear movement ====
The [[anti-nuclear movement]] opposes the use of various [[nuclear technology|nuclear technologies]]. The initial anti-nuclear objective was [[nuclear disarmament]] and later the focus began to shift to other issues, mainly opposition to the use of [[nuclear power]]. There have been many large anti-nuclear [[Demonstration (people)|demonstrations]] and [[protest]]s. The [[pro-nuclear movement]] consists of people, including former opponents of nuclear energy, who calculate that the threat to humanity from climate change is far worse than any risk associated with nuclear energy.

By the mid-1970s anti-nuclear activism had moved beyond local protests and politics to gain a wider appeal and influence.  Although it lacked a single coordinating organization the anti-nuclear movement's efforts gained a great deal of attention, especially in the [[United Kingdom]] and United States.<ref name="eleven">Walker, J. Samuel (2004). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=tf0AfoynG-EC&q=Three+Mile+Island:+A+Nuclear+Crisis+in+Historical+Perspective Three Mile Island: A Nuclear Crisis in Historical Perspective] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323071157/https://books.google.com/books?id=tf0AfoynG-EC&q=Three+Mile+Island:+A+Nuclear+Crisis+in+Historical+Perspective|date=23 March 2023}}'' (Berkeley: University of California Press), pp. 10–11.</ref> In the aftermath of the [[Three Mile Island accident]] in 1979, many mass demonstrations took place. The largest one was held in New York City in September 1979 and involved 200,000 people.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hrebenar |first1=Ronald J. |url=https://archive.org/details/interestgrouppol00hreb |title=Interest Group Politics in America |last2=Scott |first2=Ruth K. |date=16 August 1997 |publisher=M.E. Sharpe |isbn=9781563247033 |page=[https://archive.org/details/interestgrouppol00hreb/page/149 149] |quote=nevada test site protest demonstration. |access-date=16 August 2018 |url-access=registration |via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref name="diablo">{{cite book |last=Giugni |first=Marco |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kn6YhNtyVigC&q=%22three+mile+island%22+anti-nuclear+protests+demonstrations&pg=PA45 |title=Social Protest and Policy Change: Ecology, Antinuclear, and Peace Movements in Comparative Perspective |date=16 August 2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9780742518278 |page=45 |access-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211001042241/https://books.google.com/books?id=Kn6YhNtyVigC&q=%22three+mile+island%22+anti-nuclear+protests+demonstrations&pg=PA45 |archive-date=1 October 2021 |url-status=live |via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Herman |first=Robin |date=24 September 1979 |title=Nearly 200,000 Rally to Protest Nuclear Energy |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=B1}}</ref>