Michael Shellenberger: How China Gained Control of Solar—And Why It Matters

May-31-2025
“It’s now been revealed that the Chinese—who manufacture virtually all of our solar panels, both in the United States and Europe—have been installing cellular radios inside the inverters, which can act as kill switches,” says Michael Shellenberger, an investigative journalist, author, founder of Public, and CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech at the University of Austin.
Shellenberger is the author of the books “San Fransicko” and “Apocalypse Never.”
In this wide-ranging interview, we dive into key vulnerabilities in America’s energy grid, how Trump is transforming America’s energy future, the current status of the “censorship industrial complex,” as Shellenberger describes it, and his continued fight for government transparency, including around unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs).
Two years on from the publication of the Twitter Files—in which Shellenberger played a key role—where are things now?

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