Posts tagged ‘Bill McKibben’

Bill McKibben: Connecting the Dots on Climate Change

by , posted on Friday, December 7th, 2012 at 3:03 pm

from The Nation

“We should not have called it Hurricane Sandy. We should have called it Hurricane Exxon,” says climate activist Bill McKibben. In the aftermath of a superstorm, Americans are finally making the connection between the changing weather and our fossil fuel addiction. McKibben took a break from his “Do the Math” tour, which calls on universities and other organizations to divest from the fossil fuel industry, to discuss the pressing structural changes we need to slow our warming planet.

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“If there was ever a wake-up call, this is it” — Hurricane Sandy and Climate Change

by , posted on Monday, October 29th, 2012 at 1:12 pm

from Democracy Now!

Bill McKibben (350.org) and climate scientist Greg Jones on Hurricane Sandy and climate change.

See also: McKibben’s “Do the Math” Tour, beginning November 7th.

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Bill McKibben’s Thought Bubble

by , posted on Tuesday, August 21st, 2012 at 5:08 pm

from 350.org

Bill McKibben shares this call to action for what could not only be the biggest fight of our time, but of all time.

The fossil fuel industry is quickly destroying the planet, and making the fight to protect our future increasingly challenging as industry lobbying, and unabated growth continues. We all need to come together and rally behind leaders like Bill McKibben, 350.org, and countless others, to save this planet. How? With passion, spirit, and creativity, and as Bill says, sometimes putting our bodies on the line. Will you join the fight?

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The planet vs. the fossil fuel industry: Bill McKibben explains why both can’t win

by , posted on Thursday, July 19th, 2012 at 10:01 pm

from Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer (Current TV)

Bill McKibben, environmentalist and founder of 350.org, joins “Viewpoint” host Eliot Sptizer to discuss “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math,” the Rolling Stone article he described on Twitter as “the most important thing I’ve written in many years.”

See also: “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math” by Bill McKibben, RollingStone.com, July 19, 2012 9:35 AM ET

“Three simple numbers that add up to global catastrophe – and that make clear who the real enemy is.”

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Bill McKibben of 350.org on Colorado Wildfires, Debby, Keystone XL, and Failure of Rio+20

by , posted on Wednesday, June 27th, 2012 at 10:23 am

from Democracy Now!

With extreme weather fueling wildfires in Colorado and record rainfall in Florida, the Obama administration has moved closer to approving construction of the southern section of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. We’re joined by environmentalist, educator and author Bill McKibben, founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org. “Today is one of those days when you understand what the early parts of the global warming era are going to look like,” McKibben says. “For the first time in history, we managed to get the fourth tropical storm of the year before July … These are the most destructive fires in Colorado history and they come after the warmest weather ever recorded there … This is what it looks like as the planet begins to warm. Nothing that happened [at the United Nations Rio+20 summit] will even begin to slow down that trajectory.”

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