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Michael Shellenberger
Michael Shellenberger is an American author and environmental policy writer. He is the author of Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All (Harper Collins, June 30, 2020), a Time Magazine “Hero of the Environment,” and Green Book Award Winner.

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