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Nordhaus and Shellenberger are the authors of the book \u201cBreak Through: Why We Can\u2019t Leave Saving the Planet to Environmentalists,\u201d and the essay <a href=\"http:\/\/thebreakthrough.org\/PDF\/Death_of_Environmentalism.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cThe Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming in a Post Environmental World,\u201d<\/a> which triggered a national debate about the future of environmentalism.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201cBreak Through\u201d was called \u201cprescient\u201d by Time and \u201cthe most important thing to happen to environmentalism since \u2018Silent Spring\u2019\u201d by Wired. Nordhaus has been profiled in the New York Times, Wired, the National Review, The New Republic and on NPR. In 2007, he and Shellenberger received the Green Book Award and Time\u2019s 2008 \u201cHeroes of the Environment\u201d award.\u2028\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis lecture is part of Transylvania\u2019s <a href=\"..\/about\/lectures_performances.htm#lectures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">William R. Kenan Jr. Lecture Series<\/a> and is funded by a grant from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor more information, contact the <a href=\"mailto:news@transy.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">public relations office<\/a> at (859) 233-8120.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEXINGTON, KY.\u2014Ted Nordhaus, cofounder and chairman of the Breakthrough Institute, will give a talk titled \u201cThe Long Death of Environmentalism,\u201d at Transylvania University on Wednesday, March 7, at 7:30 p.m. The lecture, in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center\u2019s Haggin Auditorium, is free and open to the public. The Breakthrough Institute was founded by Nordhaus and president Michael Shellenberger in 2003 to \u201cmodernize liberal-progressive-green politics,\u201d according to the website. Nordhaus and Shellenberger are the authors of the book \u201cBreak Through: Why We Can\u2019t Leave Saving the Planet to Environmentalists,\u201d and the essay \u201cThe Death of Environmentalism: Global Warming in a Post Environmental World,\u201d which triggered a national debate about the future of environmentalism. \u201cBreak Through\u201d was called \u201cprescient\u201d by Time and \u201cthe most important thing to happen to environmentalism since \u2018Silent Spring\u2019\u201d by Wired. Nordhaus has been profiled in the New York Times, Wired, the National Review, The New Republic and on NPR. In 2007, he and Shellenberger received the Green Book Award and Time\u2019s 2008 \u201cHeroes of the Environment\u201d award.\u2028 This lecture is part of Transylvania\u2019s William R. Kenan Jr. Lecture Series and is funded by a grant from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust. 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