I disagree on the separateness, at least to some extent. Solar and wind are less of an existential threat to coal/oil/gas than base-load-capable green energy sources like nuclear, geothermal, and hydroelectric; the fossil fuel industry therefore has a clear vested interest in bankrolling advocacy for solar/wind over others (especially nuclear, since it's less geography-dependent than geothermal or hydroelectric and therefore a greater threat). If/when battery storage proves to be feasible for providing that base load, I suspect we'll see similar pushback from the fossil fuel industry under similar pretexts (cue the videos of African toddlers slaving away in the lithium mines, cue the battery fires, etc.).
Solar for peak, nuclear for base. We need both, and advocacy for one at the expense/exclusion of the other tends to make me suspect ulterior motives.
Oh, I meant separate as in separate sets of people. Two sets of people with different goals. The original anti-nuclear crowd is a social movement that aims to shut down existing nuclear capacity or to blockade new construction. The other is an academic circle of people that advocates in their paper for the allocation of money to renewables this year over nuclear power in 5--10 years. That second set of people is not concerned as much with existing capacity.
Solar for peak, nuclear for base. We need both, and advocacy for one at the expense/exclusion of the other tends to make me suspect ulterior motives.