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Michael Shellenberger

Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an American author, professor and journalist. Shellenberger is known for holding heterodox views that are controversial among some academics.}} In 2024, Shellenberger became CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at the University of Austin, a widely-publicized new university in the process of applying for accreditation.

Shellenberger authored the best-selling book, Apocalypse Never (2020), about the environment, and San Fransicko (2021), about homelessness, both published by HarperCollins. Both books sparked significant debates and were both praised and critiqued by academics and journalists.

Shellenberger has been active in critiquing the environmental movement, offering alternative views on climate threats and policies. He contends that while global warming is a concern, it is "not the end of the world", and advocates for the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), industrial agriculture, fracking, and nuclear power as tools for environmental protection. Shellenberger ran for governor of California in 2018 and 2022, but was unsuccessful in both campaigns. Provided by Wikipedia