Nuclear bombs for peaceAround World War II, scientists and government officials noticed the incredible terraforming abilities of nuclear bombs. Like the disease, Project Chariot would destroy local people from the inside out, and the Iñupiat weren’t having it. A new environmental movementBy mid-1961, media coverage of Project Chariot and the environmental studies surrounding it had galvanized opposition around the United States. The experiment’s failure ignited unprecedented resistance to Project Chariot, marking the first major environmental movement to sweep the United States. The AEC quietly gave up on Project Chariot that summer, and on Project Plowshare altogether about a decade later.