Mobile Billboard Trolls Kathy Hochul In NYC As She Faces Criticism From Climate Activists

As climate alarmists gather in New York City for “Climate Week,” a new mobile billboard has popped up that chips away at the alliance between Democrat Governor Kathy Hochul and radical environmental groups.

The mobile billboard features images of Hochul wearing a MAGA-style hat saying “Make Nuclear Great Again,” photos of the vehicle obtained by The Daily Wire show. The mobile billboard highlights Hochul’s recent promise to bring a new nuclear power plant to New York.

The billboard features a quote from Hochul describing plans for the new plant as “a model of 21st century nuclear design.” The mobile first started driving around New York City on Monday and will continue until Wednesday.

Mobile billboard drives through NYC: Daily Wire.

Nuclear power is a form of energy frequently opposed by environmentalist groups who prefer things like wind or solar power. The Daily Wire reached out to multiple environmentalist groups like the Sierra Club, the Natural Resource Defense Council, and Greenpeace that have previously expressed support for Hochul yet also oppose nuclear energy.

The Sierra Club says that it is “unequivocally opposed to nuclear energy” and wants to work to “phase out nuclear as quickly as possible.” The National Resource Defense Council has also expressed skepticism about nuclear energy.

Both those organizations praised Hochul’s establishment in December of a “Climate Superfund” that her office claimed shifted “the cost of climate adaptation from everyday New Yorkers to the fossil fuel companies most responsible for the pollution.”

Additionally, Greenpeace says that nuclear energy is “dirty, expensive, and dangerous” and argues that it’s “bad for the economy.” The organization previously applauded Hochul after she signed a moratorium on crypto mining.

President Donald Trump, who ripped into solar and wind power on Tuesday during his speech to the United Nations, took executive action in May “to modernize nuclear regulation, streamline nuclear reactor testing, deploy nuclear reactors for national security, and reinvigorate the nuclear industrial base.”

Shortly after Trump’s announcement, Hochul directed the New York Power Authority “to develop and construct a zero-emission advanced nuclear power plant.”

That decision was met with criticism from some environmentalists who accused her of adopting Trump policies. The group Public Power NY said the decision was “based on promises from Donald Trump shows just how unserious she is about New Yorkers’ energy bills and climate future.”

Hochul, who is running for re-election, is viewed favorably by fewer then 50% of New Yorkers, according to recent polling.