Michael Shellenberger

Madness for Decivilization

Mental hospitals emerged at a time, Foucault argued, when the state was seeking to impose rational order on societies.

31 Oct 2021 · 14 min read

Podcast 146: Michael Shellenberger on Nuclear Power, Progressive Hypocrisy on Energy Policy, and His New book, ‘Apocalypse Never’

Quillette founder Claire Lehmann talks to author and activist Michael Shellenberger about how environmental alarmism and ideological blind spots often prevent us from having a rational discussion about the best way to address climate change while growing national economies.

Quillette / Michael Shellenberger

23 Apr 2021 · 1 min read

I Was Invited to Testify on Energy Policy. Then Democrats Didn't Let Me Speak

What, exactly, had I said that was so dangerous as to lead Democrats to engage in character assassination and undermine liberal democratic norms? Nothing I hadn’t already said last January when I testified before Congress about climate change and energy.

Michael Shellenberger

29 Jul 2020 · 6 min read

PODCAST 99: Michael Shellenberger on his new book Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All

Michael Shellenberger, President of Environmental Progress, talks to Jonathan Kay about global warming, natural disasters, media scaremongering—and why the world is actually getting safer, notwithstanding the scaremongering of Extinction Rebellion. An extract from his new book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, recently appeared in Quillette.

Quillette / Michael Shellenberger

11 Jul 2020 · 1 min read

Why I Believe Climate Change Is Not the End of the World

A NASA scientist predicted simultaneous collapses of food systems on multiple continents at once.

Michael Shellenberger

8 Jul 2020 · 37 min read

On Behalf Of Environmentalists, I Apologize For The Climate Scare

Environmental groups have accepted hundreds of millions of dollars from fossil fuel interests.

Michael Shellenberger

30 Jun 2020 · 8 min read

Why Climate Activists Will Go Nuclear—Or Go Extinct

A consensus has grown in the UK among Conservatives and much of Labour that it needs nuclear not just for climate change but also to reduce its dependence on imported natural gas.

Michael Shellenberger

25 Jun 2020 · 13 min read

Social Distancing and Stay-Home Orders Are Likely To Save Millions

It was only after coronavirus proved so much more deadly in China and Italy that governments outside of Asia took dramatic actions including radical social distancing and stay-at-home orders.

Michael Shellenberger

26 Mar 2020 · 3 min read

Winning the War on Coronavirus

The governments of the US, UK, and other nations have made real progress, but they must go much further in being transparent about their vision of how to win the war on coronavirus, and what they are doing to achieve it.

Michael Shellenberger

19 Mar 2020 · 9 min read

Buying Fentanyl on the Streets of San Francisco—An Interview with Heather Mac Donald

Cities are one of the great accomplishments of human civilization.

Michael Shellenberger

8 Oct 2019 · 7 min read

Channelling the Malthusian Roots of Climate Extremism

Malthusian hysteria has become embedded in all sorts of extremist sects.

Michael Shellenberger

5 Oct 2019 · 7 min read

The Bigotry of Environmental Pessimism

The “Lorax” view of environmental problems as a consequence of greed has always been wrong and depressing.

Michael Shellenberger

15 Aug 2019 · 8 min read

Why We Should Embrace Our Age of Nuclear

Twenty-nine of the 34 members of the Anthropocene Working Group (AWG) voted this week to declare the invention and testing of nuclear weapons as the beginning of the Anthropocene or geological age of humans.

Michael Shellenberger

24 May 2019 · 9 min read

Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet

Dealing with energy sources that are inherently unreliable, and require large amounts of land, comes at a high economic cost.

Michael Shellenberger

27 Feb 2019 · 10 min read

Danger's Deliverance

Even the most dangerous things hold enormous potential to save lives.

Michael Shellenberger

23 Aug 2018 · 10 min read