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Michael Shellenberger is an investigative journalist, author, environmental activist, and public commentator whose work examines climate, energy, crime, drug policy, homelessness, and other public issues. He is the best-selling author of San Fransicko: Why Progressives Ruin Cities and Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, which has been translated into more than 15 languages. His reporting has addressed topics including Amazon deforestation, climate resilience, eco-anxiety, fracking, and California wildfires.

Shellenberger also writes and speaks about clean energy and environmental policy, with his TED talks viewed more than five million times. He advises and testifies before governments internationally and has spent over 30 years advocating on environmental issues, including nuclear energy and clean technology. He is founder and president of Civilization Works, an independent nonprofit research organization, and cofounder of the California Peace Coalition, an alliance focused on fentanyl, addiction, and homelessness.

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