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Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College and co-founder of the climate group 350.org.

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July 12, 2017
Bill McKibben
What Would Thoreau Think of Climate Change?
On the author's 200th birthday, what "Walden" can teach us about our own time.
July 6, 2017
MagazineBill McKibben
The New Nation-States
How Trump’s rejection of the Paris accord is reshaping the political landscape.
November 15, 2016
MagazineBill McKibben, Katie Orlinsky
The End of Ice
The Arctic is warming twice as fast as any place on the planet. Can native villages in northernmost Alaska survive climate change?
November 6, 2016
Bill McKibben
There Is Still Time to Stop the Injustice at Standing Rock
The Dakota Access pipeline, a symbol of America’s casual racism and endless money-worship, is the perfect opportunity to write a new chapter.
October 17, 2016
Bill McKibben
Donald Trump Isn’t the Only Enemy on the Ballot
He represents much of what’s wrong about American politics, but not all of it. Just look at what the Koch brothers are doing in Vermont.
September 22, 2016
MagazineBill McKibben
Recalculating the Climate Math
The numbers on global warming are even scarier than we thought.
August 15, 2016
Bill McKibben
A World at War
We’re under attack from climate change—and our only hope is to mobilize like we did in WWII.
October 30, 2012
Bill McKibben
After Sandy, a Climate Change Conversation? Dream On
July 13, 2012
Bill McKibben
Smoggy Bottom
June 27, 2011
Bill McKibben
Canada and Its Tar Sands: What the Country Can Learn From Brazil About Protecting the Environment
October 6, 2010
Bill McKibben
Hot Mess
April 5, 2010
Bill McKibben
Bringing the Heat
October 1, 2009
Bill McKibben
Earth to Obama

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