Michael Shellenberger
American writer and activist; co-founded the Breakthrough Institute; wrote Apocalypse Never; runs Public.
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- Michael Shellenberger is an American writer and political activist, born in Colorado in 1971.
- He co-founded the ecomodernist Breakthrough Institute with Ted Nordhaus and later founded Environmental Progress, which campaigned to keep nuclear plants running.
- He wrote Apocalypse Never (2020), on the environment, and San Fransicko (2021), on homelessness, and ran unsuccessfully for governor of California in 2018 and 2022.
- In December 2022 he was one of the writers who published parts of the Twitter Files, and he co-founded the newsletter Public.
- Wikipedia reports that scientists, including some he cites, have criticised his climate claims as “bad science”, and that journalists found multiple errors in his 2024 “Twitter Files – Brazil” reporting.
Key facts
- Born
- 16 June 1971, Colorado1
- Education
- BA, Earlham College (1993); MA in anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz (1996)1
- Organisations
- Co-founded the Breakthrough Institute; founded Environmental Progress; co-founded Public1
- Books
- Apocalypse Never (2020); San Fransicko (2021)1
- Elections
- Ran for governor of California in 2018 and 20221
- Twitter Files
- One of the writers who released them in December 2022; “Twitter Files – Brazil” in April 20241
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