Stephen Tindale (29 March 1963 – 1 July 2017) was a British environmentalist who was the executive director of

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in the

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from 2000 to 2005. He was director of

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, co-founder of the organisation ''Climate Answers'', associate fellow at the Centre for European Reform and co-author of ''Repowering Communities'' with Prashant Vaze.

Career

Tindale was noted for his recent change of heart on the issue of

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, which went counter to his stance while at Greenpeace UK. Along with three other persons who have been involved with the environmental movement, Chris Smith,

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and

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, he considered that the need to overcome the dangers of rising

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and subsequent

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requires a rethinking of anti-nuclear positions amongst the

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. In addition to current nuclear technology, Tindale supported the

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of the

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in molten salt reactors to reduce nuclear waste output and increase safety. On leaving Greenpeace Tindale also endorsed Genetically Modified (GM) foods. Greenpeace remains opposed to GM. His other past roles included senior research fellow on environment and energy at the Institute for Public Policy Research.

References

External links

Greenpeace UK

Stephen Tindale's blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tindale, Stephen 1963 births 2017 deaths British environmentalists People associated with Greenpeace