We do not need nuclear power.

We didn’t need it in the 1970s when the Clamshell Alliance occupied the Seabrook, NH, nuclear power plant site and inspired a national anti-nuke movement. We need it even less today.  Renewable energy can meet our needs.

And yet, today, there’s an intense campaign underway to convince people that nukes – even old, decaying ones and unproven new models – are essential for combating climate change. This is a dangerous lie.

Renewable energy is safer, much less expensive and much faster to build.  But the pro-nuclear power campaign is gaining momentum and – so far – there’s little protest.

This website is a first step by a group of Clams to change that. See a story about the July 2023 Clam gathering here

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Acres of Clams is the story of how a handful of remarkable activists managed to build a local struggle into a successful national movement.

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