Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben is the author of a dozen books, most recently The Bill McKibben Reader, an essay collection. A scholar in residence at Middlebury College, he is co-founder of 350.org, the largest global grassroots organizing campaign on climate change.

Articles

Too Hot Not to Notice? (Global Warming and Climate Change, US Politics, Media)

A planet connected by wild weather.

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Payola for the Most Profitable Corporations in History (US Politics, Environment)

How we subsidize energy giants to wreck the planet, and what we can do about it.

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90 Degrees in Winter: This Is What Climate Change Looks Like (Global Warming and Climate Change, Environmental Activism)

The last days of winter and the first days of spring have seen hundreds of record-breaking high temperatures. Worry.

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The Great Carbon Bubble (Global Warming and Climate Change)

Why the fossil fuel industry fights so hard.

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Buying Congress in 2012 (Congress, Campaign Finance, Environmental Activism, Environment)

Time to stop being cynical about corporate money in politics and start being angry.

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Is Global Warming an Election Issue After All? (Environmental Issues, Global Warming and Climate Change, Environment)

Climate change might be more important to voters than most politicians think.

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Obama's Failing E-mails: Where Did the President's Mojo Go? (Barack Obama, US Politics, Environment)

Do the president's campaign e-mails and leadership style in general betray the heavy hand of big oil on his administration?

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Lessons From Central Cell Block (Activism, Environment)

Dan Choi got arrested for protesting Keystone XL, even though climate change isn't "his" issue. This is what solidarity looks like.

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Jailed Over Big Oil’s Attempt to Wreck a Planet (Environmental Issues, Activism, Environmental Activism)

Ongoing nonviolent protests in front of the White House are urging President Obama to stop a prospective 1,700-mile-long tar-sands pipeline from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

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Will North America Be the New Middle East? (Barack Obama, Global Warming and Climate Change, Environment)

It's yes or no for a climate-killing oil pipeline slated to run from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico—and Obama gets to make the call.

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