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<p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.6em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style=""><b style="">In 2015, before Shellenberger’s departure from the organization, Breakthrough released another sparkly, tectonic shifting declaration titled “<a href="http://www.ecomodernism.org/" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.ecomodernism.org/&source=gmail&ust=1648735985761000&usg=AOvVaw1_bc0zt7IlgwvWfwTvaqyv" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">An Ecomodernist Manifesto</a>” that bedazzled reporters</b>. To help generate buzz, they unveiled the declaration on a splashy website that documented coverage of the manifesto in multiple media outlets. <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">In reality, the document rehashed arguments that as humans sculpt the planet, the Earth has entered a new era. But the manifesto also added some spicy Breakthrough reasoning: human impacts are a benefit, not a deficit.</span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.6em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The ideological binding of The Breakthrough Institute’s 2015 “An Ecomodernist Manifesto” started coming unglued within months, when Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger <b>hopped a plane to England for an event on <a href="http://www.uk2020.org.uk/events/eco-modernism-restoring-science-environment-policy/" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.uk2020.org.uk/events/eco-modernism-restoring-science-environment-policy/&source=gmail&ust=1648735985761000&usg=AOvVaw1fmwvaBDeuPgVipsR-SwAS" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">restoring science to environmentalism</a>. Here, they planned to sell the declaration to British reporters. The press conference was hosted by <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">conservative MP Owen Paterson, <a href="https://www.desmog.co.uk/2015/09/29/breakthrough-institute-defends-ecomodernism-launch-climate-denier-owen-paterson-despite-warnings-not" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.desmog.co.uk/2015/09/29/breakthrough-institute-defends-ecomodernism-launch-climate-denier-owen-paterson-despite-warnings-not&source=gmail&ust=1648735985761000&usg=AOvVaw3oOtN6baphB8c47JViMzKh" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">a UK climate denier</a> </span>who almost halved the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/27/uk-climate-change-owen-paterson" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/27/uk-climate-change-owen-paterson&source=gmail&ust=1648735985761000&usg=AOvVaw1zQGktAjMzb68wU4aYFbBN" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">UK’s climate preparedness budget</a> when he was environmental secretary.</b></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.6em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">When announcing the press conference, Paterson <a href="http://www.uk2020.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2015-09-20-PRESS-RELEASE-Ecomodernism.pdf" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.uk2020.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/2015-09-20-PRESS-RELEASE-Ecomodernism.pdf&source=gmail&ust=1648735985761000&usg=AOvVaw1VTQAZ1cDxbSdvbvPOEt08" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">called on the public</a> to abandon the “relentless pessimism of the environmental movement” and warned in a <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Telegraph op-ed that “the Green Blob still infests the official bureaucracy with its influence.</span>” Other conference panelists included <b>Mark Lynas, a </b><a href="http://www.ecomodernism.org/authors" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.ecomodernism.org/authors&source=gmail&ust=1648735985761000&usg=AOvVaw2KluG4zI9wSIaNwyFd57qL" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;"><b>co-author of An Ecomodernist Manifesto,</b></a><b> and Matt Ridley, </b>a British science writer <a href="https://www.desmogblog.com/matt-ridley" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.desmogblog.com/matt-ridley&source=gmail&ust=1648735985761000&usg=AOvVaw1lwDotZtr-7ypyW0Ngr3Ds" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">noted for climate denial screeds</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.6em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">When critics argued that the event provided a platform for climate denialists, DesmogBlog reported that <b>Shellenberger <a href="https://www.desmog.co.uk/2015/09/29/breakthrough-institute-defends-ecomodernism-launch-climate-denier-owen-paterson-despite-warnings-not" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.desmog.co.uk/2015/09/29/breakthrough-institute-defends-ecomodernism-launch-climate-denier-owen-paterson-despite-warnings-not&source=gmail&ust=1648735985761000&usg=AOvVaw3oOtN6baphB8c47JViMzKh" style="text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">dismissed detractors with</a> “Fuck you all, we’re going to go to the press conference.” </b>Audience members still complained that Breakthrough had chosen to <a href="https://www.desmog.co.uk/2015/09/29/breakthrough-institute-defends-ecomodernism-launch-climate-denier-owen-paterson-despite-warnings-not" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.desmog.co.uk/2015/09/29/breakthrough-institute-defends-ecomodernism-launch-climate-denier-owen-paterson-despite-warnings-not&source=gmail&ust=1648735985761000&usg=AOvVaw3oOtN6baphB8c47JViMzKh" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">associate with climate denialists and anti-environmentalists</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.6em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Nordhaus explained this strategy as sort of a means to an end in <a href="https://www.drillednews.com/post/ted-nordhaus-founder-and-executive-director-of-the-breakthrough-institute" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.drillednews.com/post/ted-nordhaus-founder-and-executive-director-of-the-breakthrough-institute&source=gmail&ust=1648735985761000&usg=AOvVaw2_LmMuAboOPrTqte9ip4FY" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; outline: none;">a recent interview with Drilled </a>. “I've given talks to groups of climate skeptics, climate deniers—you know, real climate deniers,” he said. “You can have a variety of viewpoints on this question without having to put a tin foil hat on. And the thing is, you get to the end of those talks and if you go, ‘OK, so who supports nuclear energy?’ Everybody in the room supports nuclear energy.”</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.6em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.6em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.6em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">corrupt, how unusual</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.6em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Paterson</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>Owen William Paterson</b> (born 24 June 1956) is a British former politician who served as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a> from 2010 to 2012 and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</a> from 2012 to 2014 under Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">David Cameron</a>. A member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservative_Party(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Conservative Party</a>, he served as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Member_of_Parliament(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Member of Parliament</a> (MP) for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Shropshire(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Shropshire (UK Parliament constituency)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">North Shropshire</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1997 United Kingdom general election" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">1997</a> until his resignation in 2021. Paterson was also the President of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Conservatives" title="Northern Ireland Conservatives" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Northern Ireland Conservatives</a>.</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Paterson was appointed to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Cabinet_of_David_Cameron" title="Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Shadow Cabinet of David Cameron</a> in 2007 as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland</a>. During the formation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coalition_Government_2010%E2%80%932015" class="mw-redirect" title="Coalition Government 2010–2015" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Coalition Government</a> in 2010, he was appointed to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabinet(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet (UK)" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Cabinet</a> as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Northern_Ireland" title="Secretary of State for Northern Ireland" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Northern Ireland Secretary</a>, where he remained until being moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Environment,Food_and_Rural_Affairs" title="Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Environment Secretary</a> in 2012. He was dismissed as Environment Secretary by Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Cameron" title="David Cameron" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">David Cameron</a> as part of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_British_cabinet_reshuffle" title="2014 British cabinet reshuffle" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">2014 Cabinet reshuffle</a>, and was replaced by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liz_Truss" title="Liz Truss" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Liz Truss</a>. After returning to the backbenches, Paterson became a leading supporter of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">Brexit</a> as a member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Research_Group" title="European Research Group" style="text-decoration-line: none; background: none;">European Research Group</a> (ERG).</font></p><p style="margin: 0.5em 0px;"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">Paterson resigned from the House of Commons on 5 November 2021 amid controversy surrounding a report by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_Commissioner_for_Standards" title="Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards" style="background-image: none; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-decoration-line: none;">Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards</a> that found that he had broken paid advocacy rules.</font></span></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; line-height: 1.6em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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