Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan hadarin nukiliya na Three Mile Island
, a watan Maris na 1979, Browne ya shiga tare da wasu abokai mawaƙa don kafa ƙungiyar antinuclear Musicians United for Safe Energy. An kama shi yana zanga-zangar adawa da tashar wutar lantarki ta Diablo Canyon kusa da San Luis Obispo. Kundin sa na gaba, "Hold Out" (1980), ya sami nasarar kasuwanci kuma rikodin sa na 1 ne kawai a kan jadawalin kundin waƙoƙin Amurka. Kundin ya haifar da "Boulevard". A cikin 1982, ya fitar da "Somebody's Baby" guda ɗaya daga "Fast Times a Ridgemont High" soundtrack, wanda ya zama mafi girman abin da ya faru, ya kai lamba 7 a kan "Billboard" Hot 100. "Lawyers in Love" na 1983 ya biyo baya, yana nuna canjin canji daga sirri zuwa siyasa a cikin kalmominsa. A shekarar 1985, ya rera waka tare da Clarence Clemons a cikin waƙar da ake kira "Kai Abokina ne".