Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an American author with a master's degree in anthropology. After a successful early career in public relations, Shellenberger became a staunch advocate for nuclear power, [1] [2] and has written several books and articles covering climate change, nuclear power, and various aspects of the human condition. He is a co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the founder and president of Environmental Progress. [1]
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.
[3]
[4] Shellenberger's positions and writings have been called "bad science" and "inaccurate" by environmental scientists and academics.
[a]
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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, nuclear energy, and politics, and more recently on progressivism, homelessness, drug addiction, and mental illness. He is a co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute 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. [3] [15] Shellenberger's positions and writings have been called "bad science" and "inaccurate" by environmental scientists and academics. [b]
Shellenberger was a controversial figure, known for his pugilistic defense of nuclear power and his acerbic criticism of mainstream environmentalists.
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Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an American author with a master's degree in anthropology. After a successful early career in public relations, Shellenberger became a staunch advocate for nuclear power, [1] [2] and has written several books and articles covering climate change, nuclear power, and various aspects of the human condition. He is a co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the founder and president of Environmental Progress. [1]
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.
[3]
[4] Shellenberger's positions and writings have been called "bad science" and "inaccurate" by environmental scientists and academics.
[a]
COMMENT This section was copy pasted along with the entire contents of the article. This was the first paragraphs of the lead. I deleted the rest of the original article. The idea is to have the rescue ref bot import named references. If it works, I'll invite another editor to substitute the text with populated references in place of their own talk page text with orphaned refs. This is a redundant with a similar experiment I did to the talk page itself, so hopefully one or the other will work
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, nuclear energy, and politics, and more recently on progressivism, homelessness, drug addiction, and mental illness. He is a co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute 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. [3] [15] Shellenberger's positions and writings have been called "bad science" and "inaccurate" by environmental scientists and academics. [b]
Shellenberger was a controversial figure, known for his pugilistic defense of nuclear power and his acerbic criticism of mainstream environmentalists.
HorganSciAm
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Shellenberger has a history of anti-green contrarianism. He thrust himself into the limelight in 2004, when he and Ted Nordhaus wrote an essay titled "The Death of Environmentalism." Thirty-three at the time, Shellenberger was already portraying himself as an environmentalist who had realized that environmentalism's problem was environmentalism itself... The story Shellenberger has stuck with is that the things environmentalists resist — nuclear, GMOs, fracking, industrial agriculture, and so on — are actually good for the environment.
:3
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).LARB
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).:2
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).DotsonBouchey2020
was invoked but never defined (see the
help page).Shellenberger has a history of anti-green contrarianism. He thrust himself into the limelight in 2004, when he and Ted Nordhaus wrote an essay titled "The Death of Environmentalism." Thirty-three at the time, Shellenberger was already portraying himself as an environmentalist who had realized that environmentalism's problem was environmentalism itself... The story Shellenberger has stuck with is that the things environmentalists resist — nuclear, GMOs, fracking, industrial agriculture, and so on — are actually good for the environment.
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