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As We Face Environmental Trauma and Do-Nothing Politicians, Our Last Hope Is Fighting Back

Bill McKibben, TruthOut.org. August 31, 2011.

Now that there is no real chance of political action in the next year or two, a real opportunity exists to build a powerful, angry movement, in the USA and around the world.

Jailed Over Big Oil's Latest Attempt to Kill the Planet

Bill McKibben, TomDispatch.com. August 25, 2011.

After being arrested protesting the Keystone XL pipeline, activist Bill McKibben shares what he learned.

Tim DeChristopher Is Going to Jail, Now It's Our Turn

Bill McKibben, Huffington Post. July 27, 2011.

If you sweated through last week's record heat, if you watched the Mississippi swallow your town -- then Tim DeChristopher acted for you.

Where Are the White House Solar Panels Obama Promised This Spring?

Bill McKibben, AlterNet. June 21, 2011.

It seems that Obama thinks global warming is a second-tier problem -- let's change his mind.

The Sky Really Is Falling and Our Only Salvation Is the Rapid Dismantling of the Fossil Fuel Industry

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. May 31, 2011.

The rapid and terrifying acceleration of global warming has been confronted by the power elite with self-delusion.

Texas GOP Fights Catastrophic Wildfires With Prayer and Global Warming Denial

Bill McKibben, AlterNet. April 25, 2011.

Praying for rain will be little help while Texas politicians work to deny global warming and prevent the changes that might actually deal with their troubles.

5 Reasons to Be Hopeful We Haven't Totally Screwed Ourselves and the Planet ... Yet

Tara Lohan, AlterNet. April 21, 2011.

I can't help but wonder if we've really, totally screwed ourselves (and a whole lot of this planet). But there are 5 things that give me hope.

Bill McKibben: We Can't Wait for the Politicians, We Have to Create the Future that We Need Ourselves

Bill McKibben, AlterNet. April 18, 2011.

"We will never have as much money as the oil companies, so we need a different currency to work in. We need bodies, we need creativity, we need spirit."

Our Lives Are Under Threat From Some of the Most Powerful and Richest Entities -- Here's How We Can Fight Back and Win

Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, AlterNet. April 8, 2011.

We need to rebuild the kind of mass movement that marked 1970: bodies, passion, and creativity are the currencies we can compete in. It's not impossible.

Why the Chamber of Commerce Has Been Wrong on All the Issues -- For 99 Years and Counting

Bill McKibben, AlterNet. March 22, 2011.

Though the Chamber claims to represent all of American business, their constituency is really that handful of huge dinosaur companies that would rather lobby than adapt.

Vision: Now Is the Time for Creative, Courageous, Nonviolent Action

Rebecca Tarbotton, Phil Radford, Bill McKibben, AlterNet. March 7, 2011.

Tim DeChristopher took a brave and lonely stand; it's time to make sure that in the future bravery comes in bigger quantities.

My Life as a Communist

Bill McKibben, AlterNet. March 1, 2011.

After Glenn Beck calls McKibben's organization 350.org part of the "communistic" conspiracy, the writer and environmental activist does some soul searching.

Catastrophic Weather Events Are Becoming the New Normal -- Are You Ready for Life on Our Planet Circa 2011?

Bill McKibben, AlterNet. February 2, 2011.

For two decades now we've been ignoring the impassioned pleas of scientists that our burning of fossil fuels was a bad idea. And now we're paying a heavy price.

How We've Proved the "Tragedy of the Commons" Wrong

Bill McKibben, YES! Magazine. January 20, 2011.

If we are to somehow ward off the coming catastrophes, we have to figure out how to cooperatively own and protect the single most important feature of our planet.

Nation Magazine Holds Annual Bash, Gives $100,000 Puffin Awards to Outstanding U.S. Progressive Activists

Don Hazen, AlterNet. January 8, 2011.

At a gathering that features most of the East Coast progressive elite, attendees have a blast and take care of some serious political business.

350 EARTH: A Planetary Scale Art Show for the Climate

Bill McKibben, AlterNet. November 23, 2010.

The battle is getting desperate, the odds long, so it's time to pull out a big tool in the fight against global warming: art.

How the Mountain of Climate Change Evidence Is Being Used to Undermine the Cause

Bill McKibben, TomDispatch.com. February 27, 2010.

As the backlash against climate science grows, the number of Americans who believe humans are to blame for warming the planet is shrinking.

Why Direct Action Is the Only Realistic Path to Climate Reform

Why Direct Action Is the Only Realistic Path to Climate Reform

Chris Hedges, Truthdig. December 2, 2009.

The U.S. government won't shut down coal plants -- the nation's biggest global warming contributor. It's up to citizens to fix the damage that's been done.

Take Action on Oct. 24: Join One of the Largest Global Protests in the Fight Against Climate Change

Take Action on Oct. 24: Join One of the Largest Global Protests in the Fight Against Climate Change

Tim Kingston, AlterNet. October 20, 2009.

On Oct. 24, tens of thousands of people will be in the streets and on mountains, rivers and glaciers around the world demanding action to reduce CO2 emissions.

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

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

Bill McKibben, Mother Jones. October 17, 2009.

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.

Thousands Storm Capitol Hill in Largest Protest Against Global Warming

Thousands Storm Capitol Hill in Largest Protest Against Global Warming

Jason Mark, AlterNet. March 3, 2009.

Climate change -- for many years the concern of scientists and policy wonks -- has finally birthed a broad-based citizens movement.

If We Want to Survive the Climate Crisis We Must Change

Bill McKibben, YES! Magazine. March 15, 2008.

Either we build real community -- with mass transit and local food -- or we will go down clinging to the wreckage of our privatized society.

The Top Ten Best Environment Stories of 2007

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. December 15, 2007.

From the top 100 ways global warming with change your life to anti-environmental homeowners associations to the biofuel hoax, read this year's best.

The Dirty Energy Solution

Bill McKibben, Orion Magazine. November 27, 2007.

Wasted heat, one of the country's largest potential sources of power, is pouring out of smokestacks every day.

The Climate Movement We Have Been Waiting For

Courtney Hull, AlterNet. October 27, 2007.

Young people are leading the way and they need the rest of us to join them.

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