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Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College and co-founder of 350.org. His most recent book is "Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?." He also authored "The End of Nature," "Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet," and "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future."

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But four more years of Trump and all-out climate denial? If the world’s largest economy is acting as a brake on climate progress, rather than accelerator, progress will be lurching at best. (Photo: Hannah Peters/Getty Images)

This Election Isn't About the Next Four Years. It's About the Next Four Millennia

Time is running out to act on global heating. Electing Donald Trump the first time cost us dearly; a second term would be catastrophic.

Bill McKibben ·

A firefighter uses a drip torch to set a backfire to protect houses in Adobe Canyon during the Nuns Fire on October 15, 2017 near Santa Rosa, California. (Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)

Vote as if the Climate and the Future of Humanity Depend on It—Because They Do

Captain Trump wants to steer us straight onto the rocks. This election is humanity’s last shot to prevent utter climate catastrophe.

Bill McKibben ·

A home burns as the River Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex, moves through the area on July 31, 2018 in Lakeport, California. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The Next Election Is About the Next 10,000 Years

Dramatic climate action is critical because we’re about to cross tipping points that are not reversible.

Bill McKibben ·

An Exxon sign in Framingham, MA.

Big Oil Needs to Pay for the Damage It Caused

Climate change disproportionately affects poor people and people of color. They should be compensated for their suffering.

Tamara Toles O'Laughlin ·

Because we burn so much coal and gas and oil, the atmosphere of our world is changing rapidly, and that atmospheric change is producing record heat. (Photo: YES! illustration by Jennifer Luxton)

Bill McKibben: This Climate Strike Is Part of the Disruption We Need

"It can’t just be young people. It needs to be all of us."

Bill McKibben ·

Climate change activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for New York, in the 60-foot Malizia II yacht, from Plymouth, England, on Aug. 14.(Photo: KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH/WPA POOL/GETTY IMAGES)

Youth to Adults—Join Us in the Climate Fight

On what kind of world do we expect 15-year-olds to tackle our biggest problems by themselves?

Bill McKibben ·

We realized that, to be successful, we needed to systematically confront the instruments used to sustain the dominance of fossil fuels. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)

The Climate Movement: What's Next?

We must use this moment as crucial leverage to push the planet in a new direction. If we succeed, then we have risen to the greatest crisis humans have ever faced and shown that the big brain was a useful evolutionary adaptation.

Bill McKibben ·

‘We are the people who happen to be alive at the moment when our choices will determine the future for thousands of years’. (Photo: Stéphane Mahé/Reuters)

We’re Stepping Up—Join Us For a Day to Halt This Climate Crisis

We’re calling for a global strike on 20 September. Disrupting our normal lives is the only way to secure our future

Naomi Klein ·

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