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Tony Blair joins nuclear promoting, supposedly “green” firm

Khosla Ventures is an investment group that says it specialises in environmentally-friendly technologies, including solar, wind and – ahem – nuclear energy start-ups..

Blair goes from “greenwash” to landing green job New Statesman, by Jason Stamper – 25 May 2010 Former PM lands green energy advisory role. The decision by Silicon Valley-based Khosla Ventures to hire Tony Blair as strategy adviser on green energy will surprise some environmental campaigners. You only need to go as far back as 2003 to find the former prime minster being slammed from all sides for attempting to “greenwash” the then government’s environmental record, publishing a white paper on energy provision that many felt was full of hollow promises and light on hard targets…

Yet Khosla Ventures, started in 2004 by the co-founder of former technology giant Sun Microsystems, Vinod Khosla, has chosen Tony Blair Associates as its part-time adviser on green energy. Khosla Ventures is an investment group that says it specialises in environmentally-friendly technologies, including solar, wind and – ahem – nuclear energy start-ups……As for Khosla, while he’s heavily into renewable energy investments, he’s clearly not wholeheartedly against nuclear power. New Statesman – Blair goes from “greenwash” to landing green job

May 26, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear secrecy, nuclear spin, nuclear technology, solar, uranium, wind