Career: IDK what else was here previously but it clearly doesn't make sense to have "Also in Nov 2023" if there isn't another nov 2023 here.← Previous revisionRevision as of 09:10, 11 October 2026 Line 49: Line 49: Shellenberger then founded Environmental Progress,[http://www.environmentalprogress.org/ Environmental Progress] home page (accessed 1 July 2017) organising campaigns to keep nuclear power plants in operation.{{cite news| last1=McDonnell| first1=Tim| title=Closing This Nuclear Plant Could Cause an Environmental Disaster| url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/02/diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-climate-change| access-date=11 February 2016| work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]| publisher=Foundation For National Progress| date=3 February 2016| archive-date=May 23, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523091209/https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/02/diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-climate-change/| url-status=live}}{{Cite web| url=http://environmentalprogress.org/south-korea-letter| title=Open letter to South Korean president Moon Jae-in| date=2017-05-07| website=Environmental Progress| access-date=December 16, 2017| archive-date=December 17, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014841/http://environmentalprogress.org/south-korea-letter| url-status=live}} Shellenberger has also been called by conservative lawmakers to testify before the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] about climate change and in favor of nuclear energy.{{cite web| last=Shellenberger| first=Michael| date=15 January 2020| title=Full Committee Hearing – An Update on the Climate Crisis: From Science to Solutions| url=https://republicans-science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/full-committee-hearing-update-climate-crisis-science-solutions| access-date=17 June 2020| website=republicans-science.house.gov| publisher=Committee on Science, Space, and Technology| archive-date=June 18, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618093714/https://republicans-science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/full-committee-hearing-update-climate-crisis-science-solutions| url-status=live}} In December 2022, Shellenberger was one of the authors who released sections of annotated [[Twitter files|internal Twitter Files]] authorized by new owner [[Elon Musk]].{{Cite web |last=Folmar |first=Chloe |date=2022-12-11 |title=American author Michael Shellenberger releases 'Twitter Files Part 4' |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3770483-american-author-michael-shellenberger-releases-twitter-files-part-4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221211104348/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3770483-american-author-michael-shellenberger-releases-twitter-files-part-4/ |archive-date=2022-12-11 |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |language=en-US}} As of December 2022, he is a writer for [[The Free Press (online newsletter)|The Free Press]].{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Sara |date=2022-12-13 |title=Bari Weiss reveals business plan for buzzy new media startup |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/12/13/bari-weiss-business-plan-free-press |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Axios.com |language=en |archive-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128033108/https://www.axios.com/2022/12/13/bari-weiss-business-plan-free-press |url-status=live }} Shellenberger then founded Environmental Progress,[http://www.environmentalprogress.org/ Environmental Progress] home page (accessed 1 July 2017) organising campaigns to keep nuclear power plants in operation.{{cite news| last1=McDonnell| first1=Tim| title=Closing This Nuclear Plant Could Cause an Environmental Disaster| url=https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/02/diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-climate-change| access-date=11 February 2016| work=[[Mother Jones (magazine)|Mother Jones]]| publisher=Foundation For National Progress| date=3 February 2016| archive-date=May 23, 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523091209/https://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/02/diablo-canyon-nuclear-plant-climate-change/| url-status=live}}{{Cite web| url=http://environmentalprogress.org/south-korea-letter| title=Open letter to South Korean president Moon Jae-in| date=2017-05-07| website=Environmental Progress| access-date=December 16, 2017| archive-date=December 17, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217014841/http://environmentalprogress.org/south-korea-letter| url-status=live}} Shellenberger has also been called by conservative lawmakers to testify before the [[United States Congress|U.S. Congress]] about climate change and in favor of nuclear energy.{{cite web| last=Shellenberger| first=Michael| date=15 January 2020| title=Full Committee Hearing – An Update on the Climate Crisis: From Science to Solutions| url=https://republicans-science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/full-committee-hearing-update-climate-crisis-science-solutions| access-date=17 June 2020| website=republicans-science.house.gov| publisher=Committee on Science, Space, and Technology| archive-date=June 18, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618093714/https://republicans-science.house.gov/legislation/hearings/full-committee-hearing-update-climate-crisis-science-solutions| url-status=live}} In December 2022, Shellenberger was one of the authors who released sections of annotated [[Twitter files|internal Twitter Files]] authorized by new owner [[Elon Musk]].{{Cite web |last=Folmar |first=Chloe |date=2022-12-11 |title=American author Michael Shellenberger releases 'Twitter Files Part 4' |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3770483-american-author-michael-shellenberger-releases-twitter-files-part-4/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20221211104348/https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3770483-american-author-michael-shellenberger-releases-twitter-files-part-4/ |archive-date=2022-12-11 |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |language=en-US}} As of December 2022, he is a writer for [[The Free Press (online newsletter)|The Free Press]].{{Cite web |last=Fischer |first=Sara |date=2022-12-13 |title=Bari Weiss reveals business plan for buzzy new media startup |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/12/13/bari-weiss-business-plan-free-press |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Axios.com |language=en |archive-date=January 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128033108/https://www.axios.com/2022/12/13/bari-weiss-business-plan-free-press |url-status=live }} Also in November 2023, Shellenberger was the key note speaker at a [[Genspect]] conference. In this speech he said that the idea of transgender people was a "woke religion" and went on further, saying "We are creating, through ideological means and social media, gender dysphoria. ... These are ideologically driven failures of civilization".{{cite news | url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/michael-shellenberger-sf-trans-issues-18488990.php | title=Michael Shellenberger is one of the most influential writers in S.F. Here's what he says about trans people | newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle | last1=Ho | first1=Soleil }} In November 2023, Shellenberger was the key note speaker at a [[Genspect]] conference. In this speech he said that the idea of transgender people was a "woke religion" and went on further, saying "We are creating, through ideological means and social media, gender dysphoria. ... These are ideologically driven failures of civilization".{{cite news | url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/article/michael-shellenberger-sf-trans-issues-18488990.php | title=Michael Shellenberger is one of the most influential writers in S.F. Here's what he says about trans people | newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle | last1=Ho | first1=Soleil }} Shellenberger is the co-founder of ''Public'', a newsletter that covers "stories on the most important issues of the day, from censorship and cities to mental health and addiction to energy and the environment".{{cite web |title=About Public |url=https://public.substack.com/about |website=public.substack.com |publisher=Michael Shellenberger |access-date=30 November 2023 |archive-date=November 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127161253/https://public.substack.com/about |url-status=live }} Public broke the story of the first people to get Covid in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Michael |date=June 20, 2023 |title=U.S.-Funded Scientist Among Three Chinese Researchers Who Fell Ill Amid Early Covid-19 Outbreak |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/u-s-funded-scientist-among-three-chinese-researchers-who-fell-ill-amid-early-covid-19-outbreak-3f919567 |website=Wall Street Journal}} ''Public'' also broke a January 2022, the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' about the use of drugs at a recently opened San Francisco social services facility.{{Cite news |last1=Moench |last2=Fagan |first1=Mallory |first2=Kevin |date=Jan 26, 2022 |title=In controversial move, S.F. allows drug use at Breed's new Tenderloin treatment linkage center |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/In-controversial-move-S-F-allows-drug-use-at-16804669.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126143857/https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/In-controversial-move-S-F-allows-drug-use-at-16804669.php |archive-date=Jan 26, 2022 |access-date=Mar 1, 2024 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}} In December 2022, the facility closed.{{Cite news |last=Sjostedt |first=David |date=May 11, 2022 |title='Tenderloin Linkage Center' Morphs into Safe Consumption Site, Despite Legal Risks |url=https://sfstandard.com/2022/05/11/much-touted-tenderloin-linkage-center-morphs-into-a-safe-consumption-site-for-drug-use-despite-legal-risks/ |access-date=2023-08-13 |work=The San Francisco Standard |language=en |archive-date=April 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409172611/https://sfstandard.com/2022/05/11/much-touted-tenderloin-linkage-center-morphs-into-a-safe-consumption-site-for-drug-use-despite-legal-risks/ |url-status=live }} Shellenberger is the co-founder of ''Public'', a newsletter that covers "stories on the most important issues of the day, from censorship and cities to mental health and addiction to energy and the environment".{{cite web |title=About Public |url=https://public.substack.com/about |website=public.substack.com |publisher=Michael Shellenberger |access-date=30 November 2023 |archive-date=November 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231127161253/https://public.substack.com/about |url-status=live }} Public broke the story of the first people to get Covid in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=Michael |date=June 20, 2023 |title=U.S.-Funded Scientist Among Three Chinese Researchers Who Fell Ill Amid Early Covid-19 Outbreak |url=https://www.wsj.com/world/u-s-funded-scientist-among-three-chinese-researchers-who-fell-ill-amid-early-covid-19-outbreak-3f919567 |website=Wall Street Journal}} ''Public'' also broke a January 2022, the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' about the use of drugs at a recently opened San Francisco social services facility.{{Cite news |last1=Moench |last2=Fagan |first1=Mallory |first2=Kevin |date=Jan 26, 2022 |title=In controversial move, S.F. allows drug use at Breed's new Tenderloin treatment linkage center |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/In-controversial-move-S-F-allows-drug-use-at-16804669.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126143857/https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/In-controversial-move-S-F-allows-drug-use-at-16804669.php |archive-date=Jan 26, 2022 |access-date=Mar 1, 2024 |work=San Francisco Chronicle}} In December 2022, the facility closed.{{Cite news |last=Sjostedt |first=David |date=May 11, 2022 |title='Tenderloin Linkage Center' Morphs into Safe Consumption Site, Despite Legal Risks |url=https://sfstandard.com/2022/05/11/much-touted-tenderloin-linkage-center-morphs-into-a-safe-consumption-site-for-drug-use-despite-legal-risks/ |access-date=2023-08-13 |work=The San Francisco Standard |language=en |archive-date=April 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409172611/https://sfstandard.com/2022/05/11/much-touted-tenderloin-linkage-center-morphs-into-a-safe-consumption-site-for-drug-use-despite-legal-risks/ |url-status=live }}