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Bill McKibben in the 23 September 2019 issue of Time Magazine Let’s imagine for a moment that we’ve reached the middle of the century. It’s 2050, and we have a moment to reflect—the climate fight remains the consuming battle of … Continue reading →

  “Elders need to act like elders.” by Julia Conley, staff writer As climate activist Greta Thunberg neared the United States on a boat which set sail from Britain on August 14, the global climate action movement called on adults … Continue reading →

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/amazon-rainforests-are-fire-brazil-s-trump-president-jair-bolsonaro-ncna1045026 Aug. 22, 2019, 4:36 AM EDT By Bill McKibben, founder, global climate campaign 350.org Sao Paulo is the largest city in the western hemisphere — and Tuesday it was also the most hellish. Around two in the afternoon, the … Continue reading →

By Bill McKibben August 9, 2019 Toward the end of this hideous week of gun massacres and Presidential tantrums, I found myself manacled at the ankle to a bench in a holding cell in the basement of a police station … Continue reading →

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Students hold signs during a demonstration against climate change in New York on March 15, 2019. (Reuters / Shannon Stapleton) Bill McKibben was one of the first people to warn of the dangers of global warming 30 years ago with … Continue reading →

‘We have two relatively new inventions that could prove decisive to solving global warming before it destroys the planet. One is the solar panel.’ Photograph: Gérard Julien/AFP/Getty Images Tue 23 Apr 2019 01.00 EDT Last modified on Tue 23 Apr … Continue reading →

Thirty years ago Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change. Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out. Bill McKibben’s groundbreaking book The End of Nature — … Continue reading →

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/environmental-thinker-bill-mckibben-sounds-warning-on-technology/ When author and environmentalist Bill McKibben wrote The End of Nature in 1989, the world was a very different place. The science behind climate change was not as sophisticated, the public’s understanding of the issue more limited, and the … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Published on Apr 15, 2019 President Trump signed two executive orders last week to facilitate the approval of pipeline projects at a federal level, limiting states’ ability to regulate such projects. The move is intended in part to … Continue reading →