Champaign Voices
Nuclear Power Gets Rebranded as Clean; Old Protest Signs Confused
Published: May 25, 2026
Policymakers and tech firms revived nuclear energy as a climate solution, forcing a cultural rewrite for people who learned to fear it from movies and the news in 1986. What do you think?
“If it keeps the lights on without roasting the planet, stop whispering.”
“I'll allow it if the waste doesn't live next to the fairgrounds.”
“First it was dangerous. Now it's trendy. Pick a lane.”