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Snopes' Alex Kasprak Makes 17 False And Misleading Claims About Apocalypse Never and Misrepresents the Best-available Science
Activist journalist Alex Kasprak (above) didn’t read Apocalypse Never, didn’t understand it, or chose to deliberately misrepresent it.
Testimony of Michael D. Shellenberger Founder and President, Environmental Progress For the House Oversight Committee August 5, 2020
American energy policy should be oriented toward global competitiveness and even “dominance,” not just improved health outcomes. Such a plan would seek to replace the natural gas burned domestically with nuclear energy, and to increase the export of natural gas abroad. Such a policy would also support the health and climate goals of using natural gas rather than coal.
Bad science and bad ethics in Peter Gleick’s Review of “Apocalypse Never” at Yale Climate Connections
In the end, as I argue in the last chapter of Apocalypse Never, Malthusian scientists, activists, and journalists are lost souls seeking false gods. They are individuals in the grip of religion without knowing it.
Open Letter to Nancy Pelosi from President Michael Shellenberger Expressing Concern Over Denial of Right to Respond to Personal Attacks
I know you agree that Americans are stronger when we listen to ideas we don’t agree with, and openly debate them. We are weaker when we demonize people and deny them the chance to defend their ideas.
My Invitation to Become an Expert Reviewer to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
On January 6, 2020, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) invited Michael Shellenberger to become an Expert Reviewer of its Sixth Assessment Report.
Climate Feedback Unscientifically Confuses "Disasters" & Weather Events & Endorses Pseudoscientific Claim That We Are in A "Sixth Mass Extinction"
An organization calling itself “Climate Feedback” is falsely claiming that humankind is causing a “Sixth Mass Extinction” and unscientifically confuses “disasters” with weather events.
I Have Been Censored By Facebook For Telling The Truth About Climate Change And Extinctions
I am writing to inform you that Facebook has inappropriately censored a scientifically accurate article that I wrote and Zero Hedge, Quillette, Environmental Progress, and other web sites reprinted.
On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare
On behalf of environmentalists everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created over the last 30 years. Climate change is happening. It’s just not the end of the world. It’s not even our most serious environmental problem.
Announcing "Apocalypse Never"
Apocalypse Never contains chapters on climate change, deforestation, species extinction, plastic waste, meat, nuclear, renewables, fossil fuels, poverty, and much more. It is the culmination of more than 30 years of research, writing, and advocacy on environmental issues.
Interview with Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Program
INTERVIEW BY MICHAEL SHELLENBERGER WITH INGER ANDERSEN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM
California Needs the Courage To Change for Climate Change
I changed my mind about nuclear energy after experiencing the limitations of renewables and learning the facts, including from two of my idols, the climate scientist James Hansen and Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, who over 10 years ago declared that we needed nuclear energy to prevent global warming.
A Big Year for Pro-Nuclear Victories!
Can you believe all that Enviornmental Progress and the pro-nuclear movement accomplished in 2018?