American author and environmental policy writer (born 1971)
Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an American author and journalist. He is the first endowed professor at the University of Austin, serving as CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech. Winner of the 2023 Dao Journalism Award, Shellenberger is considered a prominent heterodox thinker, whose writing has provoked debate on topics including climate change and homelessness, Shellenberger also founded the online newsletter Public, which is the second largest News Substack.
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