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Earth Optimism Published on May 15, 2020 The author of “The End of Nature” and co-founder of 350.org talks about what gives him hope. Lauren Ward, Interviewer – Earth Science Video Producer, NASA Bill McKibben – Writer, Environmentalist & Activist

On some long-distant day when some as-yet-unborn historian sits down to write the story of climate change—the story of the greatest crisis humans ever faced—it’s possible that they’ll choose an anecdote from this past week as a way into the … Continue reading →

  With David Remnick April 20, 2020 Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert join David Remnick to talk about the twin crises of our time: the coronavirus pandemic and the climate emergency. What can one teach us about the other? During … Continue reading →

Photograph by Ike Edeani for The New Yorker By Bill McKibben   April 30, 2020 If there existed some kind of gauge for measuring ambient sadness, I imagine the needle would now be pinned to the far end of the red. … Continue reading →

Wed 22 Apr 2020 06.30 EDT Taking down the fossil fuel industry requires taking on the institutions that finance it. Even during a pandemic, this movement is gaining steam 1970 was a simpler time. (February was a simpler time too, … Continue reading →

Democracy Now! Apr 22, 2020 April 22 marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, when more than 20 million Americans joined in actions to protect the environment — 10% of the U.S. population at the time. Half a century later, … Continue reading →

The coronavirus pandemic has revealed one particularly shocking thing about our societies and economies: they have been operating on a very thin margin. The edifice seems so shiny and substantial, a world of silver jets stitching together cities of towering … Continue reading →

The YEARS Project Mar 11, 2020 Author and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben explains why it’s time for the climate movement to take on big banks like Chase. Since the Paris Agreement, which should have signaled that it’s time to move … Continue reading →

  The coronavirus pandemic is now so sprawling that it has revealed the souls of tens of thousands of individuals, from remarkably kind nurses to online sellers seeking to corner the market for hand sanitizers (until finally deciding to donate … Continue reading →