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==Break Through== ==Break Through==
In October 2004, Shellenberger and his colleague ], both long-time environmental strategists, authored a controversial essay, "The Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World."<ref>http://www.thebreakthrough.org/writing.shtml</ref> The essay argues that environmentalism is conceptually and institutionally incapable of dealing with climate change and should "die" so that a new politics can be born. The essay was widely discussed among liberals and greens in Salon.org<ref>http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2005/01/14/death_of_environmentalism/</ref>, Grist.org <ref>http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/01/13/doe-intro/</ref>, and ''The New York Times''<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/national/06enviro.html?_r=1&oref=slogin</ref>. In October, 2007, Houghton Mifflin published Nordhaus and Shellenberger's '']''<ref>http://www.thebreakthrough.org/</ref>(Houghton Mifflin, 2007). ''Break Through'' is an argument for a positive, "post-environmental" politics that abandons the environmentalist focus on nature protection for a new focus on creating a new economy. In October 2004, Shellenberger and his colleague ], both long-time environmental strategists, authored a controversial essay, "The Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World."<ref>http://www.thebreakthrough.org/writing.shtml</ref> The essay argues that environmentalism is conceptually and institutionally incapable of dealing with climate change and should "die" so that a new politics can be born. The essay was widely discussed among liberals and greens in Salon.org<ref>http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2005/01/14/death_of_environmentalism/</ref>, Grist.org <ref>http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/01/13/doe-intro/</ref>, and ''The New York Times''<ref name="nytimes">{{Cite news
| title = Paper Sets Off a Debate on Environmentalism's Future
| work = The New York Times
| accessdate = 2009-12-05
| date = 2005-02-06
| url = http://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/national/06enviro.html
}}</ref>. In October, 2007, Houghton Mifflin published Nordhaus and Shellenberger's '']''<ref>http://www.thebreakthrough.org/</ref>(Houghton Mifflin, 2007). ''Break Through'' is an argument for a positive, "post-environmental" politics that abandons the environmentalist focus on nature protection for a new focus on creating a new economy.


After the failure of climate legislation in the U.S. Senate for the third time in June 2008, ''Time Magazine'' named Nordhaus and Shellenberger one of its 32 ]<ref>http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1841778_1841779_1841804,00.html</ref> calling ''Break Through'' "prescient" for its prediction that climate policy should focus not on making fossil fuels expensive through regulation but rather on making clean energy cheap, an argument the authors reiterated in an op-ed for the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-shellenberger30-2008sep30,0,5840948.story</ref> After the failure of climate legislation in the U.S. Senate for the third time in June 2008, ''Time Magazine'' named Nordhaus and Shellenberger one of its 32 ]<ref>http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1841778_1841779_1841804,00.html</ref> calling ''Break Through'' "prescient" for its prediction that climate policy should focus not on making fossil fuels expensive through regulation but rather on making clean energy cheap, an argument the authors reiterated in an op-ed for the ''Los Angeles Times''.<ref>http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-shellenberger30-2008sep30,0,5840948.story</ref>
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In 2002 Shellenberger co-founded the ] firm Lumina Strategies.<ref name="prweek">{{cite news|title=New firm founded|date=2002-09-02|publisher='']''|accessdate=2009-02-09}}</ref> Its clients included ], ], the ], and the ].<ref name="miller">{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_24_56/ai_n27801637/pg_1|title=Friends of Hugo: Venezuela's Castroite boss has all the usual U.S. supporters|last=Miller|first=John J.|date=2004-12-27|publisher='']''|accessdate=2009-02-09}}</ref> In 2004 Lumina was contracted by the ] to lobby for the ]n government and improve ]'s image in the United States.<ref name="collier">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/21/MNGTS8C4C21.DTL|title=Venezuelan politics suit Bay Area activists' talents|last=Collier|first=Robert|date=2004-08-21|publisher='']''|accessdate=2009-02-09}}</ref><ref name="Shellenberger's filing to US DoJ Foreign Agent Registration Unit">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fara.gov/docs/5624-Exhibit-AB-20040520-HYN72M04.pdf|title=Schellenberger's filing to US DoJ Foreign Agent Registration Unit|accessdate=2009-02-07}}</ref> In 2002 Shellenberger co-founded the ] firm Lumina Strategies.<ref name="prweek">{{cite news|title=New firm founded|date=2002-09-02|publisher='']''|accessdate=2009-02-09}}</ref> Its clients included ], ], the ], and the ].<ref name="miller">{{cite news|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_24_56/ai_n27801637/pg_1|title=Friends of Hugo: Venezuela's Castroite boss has all the usual U.S. supporters|last=Miller|first=John J.|date=2004-12-27|publisher='']''|accessdate=2009-02-09}}</ref> In 2004 Lumina was contracted by the ] to lobby for the ]n government and improve ]'s image in the United States.<ref name="collier">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/08/21/MNGTS8C4C21.DTL|title=Venezuelan politics suit Bay Area activists' talents|last=Collier|first=Robert|date=2004-08-21|publisher='']''|accessdate=2009-02-09}}</ref><ref name="Shellenberger's filing to US DoJ Foreign Agent Registration Unit">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fara.gov/docs/5624-Exhibit-AB-20040520-HYN72M04.pdf|title=Schellenberger's filing to US DoJ Foreign Agent Registration Unit|accessdate=2009-02-07}}</ref>


In 2005 Shellenberger and Nordhaus co-founded ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=10844|title=Remapping the Culture Debate|last=Franke-Ruta|first=Garance|date=2006-01-18|work=]|accessdate=2009-02-17}}</ref> whose clients include ], ], ], and the ].{{Fact|date=February 2009}} He and Nordhaus also co-founded the ''Breakthrough Institute'',<ref>http://www.thebreakthrough.org/index.shtml</ref> a think tank that works on energy and climate change, health care, social inequality, and human rights. {{Fact|date=March 2009}} In 2005 Shellenberger and Nordhaus co-founded ],<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?articleId=10844|title=Remapping the Culture Debate|last=Franke-Ruta|first=Garance|date=2006-01-18|work=]|accessdate=2009-02-17}}</ref> whose clients include ], ], ], and the ].{{Fact|date=February 2009}} He and Nordhaus also co-founded the ''Breakthrough Institute'',<ref>http://www.thebreakthrough.org/index.shtml</ref> a think tank that works on energy and climate change, health care, social inequality, and human rights.<ref name="nytimes"/>


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Michael Shellenberger
Genreenergy, global warming, human development
Notable awardsHero of the Environment, 2008, Green Book Award, 2008
Website
http://www.thebreakthrough.org Breakthrough Institute -

Michael Shellenberger (b. June 16, 1971) is an author and political strategist.

Break Through

In October 2004, Shellenberger and his colleague Ted Nordhaus, both long-time environmental strategists, authored a controversial essay, "The Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming Politics in a Post-Environmental World." The essay argues that environmentalism is conceptually and institutionally incapable of dealing with climate change and should "die" so that a new politics can be born. The essay was widely discussed among liberals and greens in Salon.org, Grist.org , and The New York Times. In October, 2007, Houghton Mifflin published Nordhaus and Shellenberger's Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility(Houghton Mifflin, 2007). Break Through is an argument for a positive, "post-environmental" politics that abandons the environmentalist focus on nature protection for a new focus on creating a new economy.

After the failure of climate legislation in the U.S. Senate for the third time in June 2008, Time Magazine named Nordhaus and Shellenberger one of its 32 Heroes of the Environment (2008) calling Break Through "prescient" for its prediction that climate policy should focus not on making fossil fuels expensive through regulation but rather on making clean energy cheap, an argument the authors reiterated in an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times.

Consulting and PR work

In 1996 Shellenberger co-founded Communication Works, a progressive public relations firm. By 2001, now "California's largest public interest communications firm", it merged with Fenton Communications, "the country's largest progressive PR and advertising agency". Communication Works worked on a wide range of campaigns, from challenging Nike over its labor practices in Asia, to saving the Headwaters Redwood forest.

In 2002 Shellenberger co-founded the public relations firm Lumina Strategies. Its clients included Global Exchange, Americans United for Affirmative Action, the Ford Foundation, and the Sierra Club. In 2004 Lumina was contracted by the Venezuela Information Office to lobby for the Venezuelan government and improve Hugo Chavez's image in the United States.

In 2005 Shellenberger and Nordhaus co-founded American Environics, whose clients include AARP, Earthjustice, the Ford Foundation, and the Nathan Cummings Foundation. He and Nordhaus also co-founded the Breakthrough Institute, a think tank that works on energy and climate change, health care, social inequality, and human rights.

See also

References

  1. http://www.thebreakthrough.org/writing.shtml
  2. http://dir.salon.com/story/tech/feature/2005/01/14/death_of_environmentalism/
  3. http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/01/13/doe-intro/
  4. ^ "Paper Sets Off a Debate on Environmentalism's Future". The New York Times. 2005-02-06. Retrieved 2009-12-05.
  5. http://www.thebreakthrough.org/
  6. http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1841778_1841779_1841804,00.html
  7. http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-shellenberger30-2008sep30,0,5840948.story
  8. San Francisco Chronicle, 5 August 1997 Progressive PR: Communication Works joins the ranks of politically correct spin doctors
  9. ^ Grist.org, 13 Jan 2005, The Death of Environmentalism
  10. "New firm founded". PR Week. 2002-09-02. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  11. Miller, John J. (2004-12-27). "Friends of Hugo: Venezuela's Castroite boss has all the usual U.S. supporters". National Review. Retrieved 2009-02-09. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  12. Collier, Robert (2004-08-21). "Venezuelan politics suit Bay Area activists' talents". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-02-09. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  13. "Schellenberger's filing to US DoJ Foreign Agent Registration Unit" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-02-07.
  14. Franke-Ruta, Garance (2006-01-18). "Remapping the Culture Debate". The American Prospect. Retrieved 2009-02-17.
  15. http://www.thebreakthrough.org/index.shtml

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