What About Michael Shellenberger - 2022

Climate Change, Anthropocene, & Associated Issues

Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an American author and former public-relations professional whose writing has focused on the intersection of climate change, the environment, nuclear power, and politics, and more recently on how he believes progressivism is linked to homelessness, drug addiction, and mental illness.

He is a co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute, co-founder of the California Peace Coalition, and the founder of Environmental Progress. A self-described ecomodernist, Shellenberger believes that economic growth can continue without negative environmental impacts through technological research and development, usually through a combination of nuclear power and urbanization. A controversial figure, Shellenberger disagrees with most environmentalists over the impacts of environmental threats and policies for addressing them.[4][5][6].

Shellenberger accepts that global warming is occurring, but argues that "it's not the end of the world."[6] Shellenberger's positions and writings on climate
change and environmentalism have received criticism from environmental scientists and academics, who have called his arguments "bad science" and "inaccurate". See series of publications in Reference #17 in article.

In contrast, his positions and writings have received praise from writers and journalists in the popular press, including conservative and libertarian news outlets and organizations. See relevant references in Reference #22 in article.

In a similar manner, many academics criticized Shellenberger's positions and writings on homelessness, while receiving mixed reception from writers and journalists in the popular press. See series of publications in Reference #27 in article.

Shellenberger grew up in Colorado, and graduated from Greeley Central High School in 1989.[29] He then obtained a BA degree from the Peace and Global Studies program at Earlham College in 1993. Subsequently, he earned an MA degree in Anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz in
1996. After graduating, Shellenberger moved to San Francisco to work with Global Exchange. He then founded a number of public relations firms, including "Communication Works," "Lumina Strategies," and "American Environics" with future collaborator Ted Nordhaus. See series of publications in Reference #30 in article.

Shellenberger co-founded the Breakthrough Institute with Nordhaus in 2003.[31] While at Breakthrough, Shellenberger wrote a number of articles with subjects ranging from positive treatment of nuclear energy and shale gas, (See series of publications in Reference #32 in article) to critiques of the planetary boundaries hypothesis.[33]

In 2008, Time magazine named Shellenberger a Hero of the Environment. [34] In February 2016, Shellenberger left Breakthrough and founded Environmental Progress, [35] which is behind several public campaigns to keep nuclear power plants in operation.[36] Shellenberger has also been called by conservative lawmakers to testify before the U.S. Congress about climate change and in favor of nuclear energy. [37].

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