Breakthrough Institute
Ecomodernist environmental research centre in Berkeley, co-founded by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus.
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Ted Nordhaus (executive director) and Michael Shellenberger
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- The Breakthrough Institute is an environmental research centre in Berkeley, California, aligned with ecomodernism.
- It argues for modernisation and technology, including nuclear power, carbon capture, urbanisation and intensive agriculture, as ways to reduce human pressure on the environment, and has criticised cap-and-trade and carbon pricing in favour of public funding for clean-energy innovation.
- Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus co-founded it; Nordhaus is its executive director.
- Other environmental scientists and academics have criticised its positions.
Key facts
- Founders
- Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus (Wikipedia dates the founding 2003 in Shellenberger’s article and 2007 in the institute’s)1
- Location
- Berkeley, California1
- Status
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit1
- Executive director
- Ted Nordhaus1
People
Led by
- Ted Nordhaus
executive director 1
Founded by
- Michael ShellenbergerPerson
- Ted Nordhaus
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