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Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an American author and journalist who writes on a wide range of topics including free speech, homelessness, and the environment. He is the first endowed professor at the University of Austin , serving as CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech. [ 1 ]
Founded in 2007 by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, [5] The institute is aligned with ecomodernist philosophy. [6] [7] The Institute advocates for an embrace of modernization and technological development (including nuclear power and carbon capture) in order to address environmental challenges. Proposing urbanization, agricultural ...
In June 2020, Shellenberger published Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, in which the author argues that climate change is not the existential threat it is portrayed to be in popular media and activism. Rather, he posits that technological innovation, if allowed to continue and grow, will remedy environmental issues.
Shellenberger, an author who was a registered Democrat until last year, faces an uphill campaign in California's nonpartisan, top-two primary system. Why Michael Shellenberger, A Centrist, Is ...
The first half of Break Through is a criticism of the green "politics of limits". The book begins with the birth of environmentalism. Nordhaus and Shellenberger argue that environmentalism in the U.S. emerged from post-war affluence, which they argue is a clue to understanding how ecological movements might emerge in places like China and India.
Several reviewers have criticized Shellenberger's views on the causes of homelessness [4] and raised issues with where the book casts blame. [5] [6]Benjamin Schneider, writing in the San Francisco Examiner, described the book's thesis as "[P]rogressives have embraced 'victimology,' a belief system wherein society’s downtrodden are subject to no rules or consequences for their actions.
The spat comes after documents published by “Twitter Files” journalist Michael Shellenberger alleged de Moraes sought to weaponize the platform’s content moderation policies against ...
Shellenberger is a surname of German origin. Its German spelling is Schellenberger. Notable people with the surname include: Allen Shellenberger (1969–2009), American rock drummer; Betty Shellenberger (1921–2019), American field hockey player and coach; John S. Shellenberger (1839–1911), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient