Talking Environmental Optimism | Michael Shellenberger

Time Magazine's Hero of the Environment and Green Book Award winner, Michael Shellenberger, joins the show this week. Michael has been an environmental activist since his teens. He founded an Amnesty International chapter at his high school, he travelled to Nicaragua to support the Sandinistas in the 80s, he ran for governor of California, he has published multiple books and founded and runs Environmental Progress. Michael is one of the world's leading public intellectuals when it comes to clean energy and he joins us today to talk about his latest book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All. Show Notes Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All. Michael's open letter, On Behalf of Environmentalists, I Apologize for the Climate Scare. Accompanying slides for Apocalypse Never.

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