As president of the Breakthrough Institute, Michael is a leading national advocate for the U.S. to make a 10-year, $500 billion public-private investment into cutting-edge clean energy technologies to achieve energy independence, restore America’s economic competitiveness, and slow global warming. He is co-author of Break Through and “The Death of Environmentalism.” Michael has written for The New York Times, the New Republic, Harvard Law and Policy Review, and Glamour Magazine.