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Stories by Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben is the author of 10 books, most recently Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He is a scholar in residence at Middlebury College in Vermont.

McKibben Versus Hedges' Clash of Worldviews: How Do We Solve the Environmental Crisis?

Bill McKibben believes we must reduce our carbon emissions immediately, or else face disaster. Chris Hedges says that until we defeat corporate power, we can't address anything.
Posted on Oct 24, 2009, Source: Yes! Magazine and TruthDig

Politicians Have Failed in Efforts to Stave Off Climate Change, Now It's Up to Us

The political method has not worked so well. In fact it's lurching toward something between abject and embarrassing failure. Let's try something else.
Posted on Oct 17, 2009, Source: Mother Jones

Bill McKibben: Why I'm Planning to Get Arrested on Monday (and You Should, Too)

With thousands of big names and small gathering, the first massive protest of its kind against global warming will put the heat on DC.
Posted on Feb 24, 2009, Source: Yale Environment 360

Join Wendell Berry and Bill McKibben in Civil Disobedience Against Coal-Fired Power Plants

There are moments in a nation's -- and a planet's -- history when it may be necessary for some to break the law in order to push for its correction.
Posted on Jan 20, 2009, Source: AlterNet

President Obama's Big Climate Challenge

The bills are coming due. And not just from a failed Bush presidency, but from 200 years of burning fossil fuel.
Posted on Nov 5, 2008, Source: Yale Environment 360

It Isn't Morning in America Anymore -- It's Dusk on Planet Earth

If we want to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed, we've got to cut CO2 emissions.
Posted on May 12, 2008, Source: Tomdispatch.com

If We Want to Survive the Climate Crisis We Must Change

Either we build real community -- with mass transit and local food -- or we will go down clinging to the wreckage of our privatized society.
Posted on Mar 15, 2008, Source: YES! Magazine

The Problem with Christmas

It has long since become too busy, too expensive, too centered around acquiring that which we do not need.
Posted on Dec 4, 2007, Source: Grist.org

The Dirty Energy Solution

Wasted heat, one of the country's largest potential sources of power, is pouring out of smokestacks every day.
Posted on Nov 27, 2007, Source: Orion Magazine

Which Presidential Candidates Are Stepping It Up to Halt Climate Change?

Three presidential candidates just got on board with the Step It Up campaign.
Posted on Oct 23, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Climate Change: Can We Stop It?

A review of controversial books on climate change and the environmental movement by Bjørn Lomborg and Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger.
Posted on Oct 8, 2007, Source: New York Review of Books

How to Find Out Where Your Congressperson Stands on Climate Change

If you want to know where your congressperson stands on climate change, invite him/her to the Step It Up rally.
Posted on Oct 5, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Calling All Citizens: Demand Action on Global Warming

Gather your neighbors and ask politicians to join Step It Up 2 and explain their stance on climate change.
Posted on Sep 27, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Bill McKibben: Creating the World's Biggest Grassroots Movement

Circle Nov. 3, 2007, on your calendar: It's the next big date in the fight to get America to finally do something about climate change.
Posted on Aug 10, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Climate Change Day of Action a Success!

It's official: Step It Up was a raging success, with 1,400 climate events around the U.S.
Posted on Apr 15, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Step It Up: An Invitation to the Year's "Hottest" Action

On April 14, in the largest-ever demonstration against climate change, people around the country will call for the United States to reduce carbon emissions by 80 percent. So invite your friends and join the party.
Posted on Apr 12, 2007, Source: In These Times

Time to Step It Up This Weekend

America is faced with a crucial choice about our future. We can choose positive action this weekend by joining the biggest rally to fight climate change.
Posted on Apr 10, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Supreme Court Puts the Pressure On

The Supreme Court's decision this week that global warming is a problem the EPA can't ignore any longer should be an incentive for the rest of us to keep up the political pressure.
Posted on Apr 4, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Seize the Momentum

Where does a new consensus come from? How does the zeitgeist suddenly start to shift?
Posted on Mar 26, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Why Having More No Longer Makes Us Happy

The formula of human well-being used to be simple: Make money, get happy. So why is the old axiom suddenly turning on us?
Posted on Mar 22, 2007, Source: Mother Jones

Race to the Finish

How climate activists can put aside "business as usual" to win the race against time.
Posted on Mar 15, 2007, Source: Grist.org

The Write Stuff

Two of America's leading environmental writers join the protest movement against climate change.
Posted on Mar 6, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Hi, Tech

Understanding the power of the Internet for progressive organizing.
Posted on Feb 27, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Ready, Ames, Fire

People in the Midwest are learning that ethanol will not be enough to fight global warming.
Posted on Feb 22, 2007, Source: Grist.org

A Concerted Effort to Fight Climate Change

Musicians and artists add their voices to the fight against climate change.
Posted on Feb 12, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Step It Up

Introducing a brand-new, mass-protest climate movement for 2007.
Posted on Feb 6, 2007, Source: Grist.org

One Step Closer

Americans start rallying around the idea of April 2007 climate demonstrations.
Posted on Feb 6, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Striking a Chord

As climate concern spreads, the Step It Up campaign is ready to seize the moment.
Posted on Feb 6, 2007, Source: Grist.org

We Got the Power

Bush still isn't stepping up on climate, so we're going to do it ourselves.
Posted on Feb 6, 2007, Source: Grist.org

Alpha Females

You know climate concern has gone mainstream when sororities get on board.
Posted on Feb 6, 2007, Source: Grist.org

The Consequences of Damming Rivers in the Developing World

A review of author Jacques Leslie's new book, which lays bare the high environmental and social price that people in the developing world often pay for damming their rivers.
Posted on Dec 8, 2006, Source: OnEarth Magazine

How Close to Catastrophe?

Several new books explore technological innovations and the need for radical lifestyle overhaul in the race against time to save the planet.
Posted on Nov 4, 2006, Source: The New York Review of Books and TomDispatch

The Gospel of Green

Evangelical Christians are increasingly part of the movement to protect God's green Earth.
Posted on Oct 4, 2006, Source: OnEarth Magazine

Optimism for a Post-Peak Oil Society

Communities will -- hopefully -- stabilize after decreasing their dependence on the overstretched, oil-dependent supply lines that mark our globalized economy.
Posted on Nov 8, 2005, Source: Orion Magazine

What Part of 'Global Warming' Don't We Get?

It's time for the denial to end, but Washington is governed by a bipartisan consensus that somehow the laws of physics and chemistry don’t apply to us.
Posted on Oct 25, 2005, Source: Prairie Writers Circle

Changing the Climate

Why a new approach to global warming would make for a better politics -- and planet.
Posted on Sep 23, 2005, Source: The American Prospect

Imagine That

What the warming world needs now is art, sweet art.
Posted on Apr 25, 2005, Source: Grist.org

What Comes Next?

Dispatch No. 3 from a climate-change conference: No one knows what's going to work next, but it's clear that 'more of the same' is not a very wise strategy.
Posted on Jan 27, 2005, Source: Grist.org

Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do?

Dispatch No. 2 from a climate-change conference: The battle of values has been won, at least for the moment, and not by us.
Posted on Jan 26, 2005, Source: Grist.org

Changing the Climate-Change Climate

Dispatch #1 from a climate-change conference: Why has the United States lagged behind the rest of the planet when it comes to global warming, and how we might catch up?
Posted on Jan 26, 2005, Source: Grist.org

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