WASHINGTON, March 23 (UPI) -- Rising concern over global warming is causing some U.S. environmentalists to have second thoughts about nuclear power.
USA Today says the groups are considering the possibility that the dangers of nuclear power plants may be outweighed by the nuclear power's lack of greenhouse gas emissions.
"I think everybody feels you have to at least look again" at nuclear power, said Judi Greenwald, director of innovative solutions with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change.
Three other leading environmental organizations -- Union of Concerned Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Environmental Defense -- say they are willing to give nuclear power a second look.
The Sierra Club, however, says it's not changing its mind about the environmental dangers of radioactive waste. "We remain steadfastly opposed to nuclear power," Sierra Club spokesman Josh Dorner told USA Today.
Greenpeace USA says it is also opposed.
