Cool Green Science

APRIL 11, 2013

First in the series is my conversation with writer and environmentalist Bill McKibben. Bill is founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org , which has coordinated 15,000 rallies in nearly 200 countries in the past four years. Bill McKibben: I think the most important thing to learn was that it wasn’t really our success — we just helped connect all kinds of people. Bill McKibben: Because the president could actually say: we’re not going to do this.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Bill McKibben: ‘Pace is the most important variable right now in fighting climate change’ Climate change is a complex, interconnected and existential crisis. Read more here: Bill McKibben: ‘Pace is the most important variable right now in fighting climate change’.

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Green Living Ideas

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Oil and Honey: The Education of an Unlikely Activist by Bill McKibben is a revelation– and a joy– to read. Though I’ve read McKibben’s groundbreaking work in the past, this book reads differently, and strikes a different cord. McKibben says at no other time in history is it more apparent that this global warming is indeed global, and his work with 350.org is grounded in the international.

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AGreenLiving

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Episode 243: VERGE voices with Apple’s Lisa Jackson, 350.org’s Bill McKibben Heather Clancy Fri, 10/30/2020 – 00:10 Week in Review Stories discussed this week (4:30). View original post here: Episode 243: VERGE voices with Apple’s Lisa Jackson, 350.org’s Bill McKibben.

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Green Blog

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Bill McKibben, Co-founder of 350.org and – dare I say it – one of the most famous climate activist, has given his opinion about the latest IPCC assessment report on climate change. In the text, which was published in The Guardian , McKibben says that scientists have given us the clearest warning of the dangers of global warming yet. “At

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Eco Chic

AUGUST 19, 2009

Bill McKibben. I LOVE Colbert, and I am a long-time Bill McKibben fan; his new organization, 350.org is fighting climate change by encouraging initiatives that bring carbon down to 350ppm or lower (we are at 390 right now), which is the safe level for continued healthy and prosperous life on Earth. Tags: Culture X News X Politics X climate change Colbert comedy mckibben tv The Colbert Report. Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c. www.colbertnation.com.

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Green Blog

JANUARY 21, 2012

Bill McKibben is a man whom many people consider to be a “superstar" of the global environmental movement – or at least one of the top environmental leaders in the US today. McKibben is the man behind the successful + 350.org movement and global events such as the “Moving Planet Day of Action” last year. And more recently McKibben has played a key role in the Keystone XL pipeline protests.

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Green Prophet

MARCH 2, 2011

Sadly, he’s no match for our witty friend Bill McKibben. One of our favorite organizations, 350.org made it on to Glenn Beck’s latest hitlist: for encouraging Egyptians, Jordanians, South Africans, Indians, and Americans around the world to show their commitment to a saner, cleaner future, Bill McKibben and his amazing posse were branded “communistic.&# Chamber of Commerce, which Bill McKibben has recently criticized.

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Cool Green Science

APRIL 1, 2013

Climate crusader Bill McKibben has some thoughts on how businesses can help combat global warming. Business Climate Science & Research Environmental News Global Warming Health Insects The Green Buzz antarctic ice growth Antarctica bike commuting and health Bill McKibben bke commuting businesses and climate change Christian Science Monitor Climate Change global warming GreenBiz Grist hemp monarch butterfly Mongabay YaleE360

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Green Prophet

JUNE 4, 2012

One of the most well-known climate scientists and environmental activists, Bill McKibben named his organization 350.org after the percentage of greenhouse gas concentrations that is considered safe for life on earth to continue. Interview: Bracing for a Warmer Planet With Bill McKibben. Climate Bill McKibben Climate Change global warming greenhouse gas emissions

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Green Prophet

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

I speak to the recently arrested environmental author Bill McKibben, who insists that campaigners need to be more confrontational about their demands (and start wearing ties). I think it’s fairly safe to say that Bill McKibben has had an eventful couple of weeks. Well, according to Bill McKibben the problem is pretty obvious- it’s the the fossil fuel industry. Interview: Bracing For A Warmer Future With Bill Mckibben.

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Green Prophet

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Bill Mckibben who leads the green organisation 350.org said in a recent interview that he was happily surprised at the level of support the Middle East has shown on environmental issues in the past. Travel & Nature 350.org bicycle Bill McKibben cars green transportation public transportation urban transportation

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Green Prophet

AUGUST 24, 2011

Bill McKibben isn’t the kind of guy who takes getting arrested lightly. The man who convinced the American public while campaigning for President that he would fight to clean up the country’s appalling environmental record but has since signed off an array of ruinous coal and oil exploration projects, Obama has to approve the bill that would allow TransCanada to build a pipeline that scientists say would set off a massive carbon bomb.

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Green Prophet

OCTOBER 4, 2011

In fact, some environmental leaders such as Bill McKibben (who is a Christian) have already called on environmental and faith organisations to get together to halt runaway global warming. Religion Bill McKibben Christian Christianity climate action faith protests social changeWhilst Christians make up a tiny minority of the Middle East’s population, their faith does have a lot to say on climate change.

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AGreenLiving

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Bill McKibben reflects on brand advocacy, the final frontier of climate leadership Mike Hower Tue, 11/03/2020 – 01:30 Four years ago today, many corporate sustainability professionals — regardless of political leanings — stood shocked as they watched Donald Trump clinch the presidency in one of the biggest upsets in American presidential history. Read the original here: Bill McKibben reflects on brand advocacy, the final frontier of climate leadership.

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Nature Conservancy - Science

APRIL 23, 2013

Human Well-Being People and Conservation Bill McKibben environment environmentalism environmentalist pessimism Keith Kloor Margaret Wente nature catastrophe Nature Conservancy science Nature Conservancy scientist nature optimist nature pessimist Peter Karevia Salt evaporation ponds formed by salt water impounded within levees in former tidelands on the shores of San Francisco Bay. More on how the colors are formed below.)

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Green Blog

DECEMBER 20, 2009

In a thoughtful article at HuffingtonPost, environmentalist Bill McKibben explains why climate change is a different kind of problem. Global Warming Bill McKibben Bolivia climate change climate change deniers climate debt climate deniers cold Cop15 denialism deniers glaciers global warming denialism global warming deniers Greenland ice North Pole snow UN USAPhoto credit: laszlo-photo.

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Green Blog

AUGUST 19, 2012

I’ve been asked by several folks to comment on the recent Bill McKibben feature column in Rolling Stone magazine that has caused quite a stir. Bill, as we know, single-handedly willed 350.org into becoming one of the most influential climate-change movement and organization in the world today, essentially taking the awareness Al Gore created and turning it into significant and creative action.

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Green Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

Bill McKibben, environmental writer and founder of 350.org , writes : “I think it’s a very sensible long-term target.&# McKibben says “Stern is right&# and that his endorsement will “help stiffen the push for real measures&# at the climate talks in Copenhagen this December. Global Warming 350 350 ppm 435 ppm Bill McKibben climate change climate economist CO2 endorsement Nicholas Stern parts per million runaway climate change

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Environmental Economics

MAY 7, 2014

  As a global institution, Stanford “knows the havoc that climate change creates around our planet,” Bill McKibben, the president and co-founder of the environmental group 350.org, said in a statement. With campuses around the world : Stanford University announced Tuesday that it would divest its $18.7

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Green (Living) Review

JULY 19, 2014

Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, which has spearheaded the fossil-free divestment movement, celebrated the news. The World Council of Churches reminds us that morality demands thinking as much about the future as about ourselves–and that there’s no threat to the future greater than the unchecked burning of fossil fuels,” said Bill McKibben, the founder of 350.org, a global climate campaign that is supporting the divestment effort.

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Green Prophet

OCTOBER 2, 2011

Green Prophet’s eco-hero Bill McKibben tells activists to become more confrontational. Our eco-hero Bill McKibben, who has lots of thoughts on ways the Middle East can fight climate change ( which he talks about in our exclusive interview on climate change here ), has recently taken a new stance. McKibben tells Green Prophet’s Arwa that it’s time to be more confrontational, and gets arrested practicing what he’s preached.

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Green Prophet

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

So New Yorkers have a lot to celebrate now that their elected mayor Mayor Bill de Blasio declared that he will stop all new fossil fuel projects within and serving the city. We interviewed 350.org founder Bill McKibbens here. New York, home of solar dreamers?

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Green (Living) Review

OCTOBER 19, 2014

Tensions rose in 2011 after the Sierra Club escalated their campaign to close coal plants and 350.org, the climate protection group led by activist Bill McKibben, called for a halt to the Keystone XL Pipeline project. Can We Earn a Living on a Living Planet? The need for jobs, and the ecological limits to growth It has been a tough couple of years in the effort to unite labor, community, and environmental groups, an alliance that has always been strained.

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Greentumble

OCTOBER 22, 2017

High-profile support for the venture from some heavy-hitting celebrity environmentalists, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Naomi Klein, Morgan Fairchild, and Bill McKibben, to name just a few, has put the spotlight on the book. Super-storms, species decline, food shortages, melting ice-caps, rising seas… concepts that used to be the domain of disaster movies, are now daily news staples.

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Green Prophet

AUGUST 6, 2014

While more research needs to be done before we can jump to hasty conclusions, the details surrounding the craters that suddenly emerged in Siberia point to a climatic disaster of epic proportions, the kind Bill McKibben from 350.org has been warning us about for decades. In 2011, scientists warned that giant plumes of methane gas could fast-track planetary warming. And now – a version of this prediction has come to pass in Siberia.

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Sightline Daily

JANUARY 11, 2013

The perverse irony isn’t lost on Bill McKibben. So, McKibben is calling for divestiture—and he’s doing it in a smart way. ” — Bill McKibben. Bill McKibben put it bluntly: “We’re going after the fossil fuel companies.”. But as McKibben reminds us, it’s not that we don’t each contribute to climate change, of course we do. 350.org, Flickr.com.

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Green Prophet

OCTOBER 1, 2013

Spearheaded by 350.org, the umbrella environmental movement co-founded by Bill McKibben , Global Power Shift comprises a growing posse of highly creative, energetic and talented youth who are intent to bring down the world’s most egregious polluters and obstructionist propagandists.

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Green Prophet

APRIL 18, 2011

On the other side of our warming planet, a significant gathering of 5,000 activists led by Bill McKibben will gather across from the United States White House to protest soft energy policies by the world’s largest emitter of carbon dioxide emissions. This city is as polluted as Beijing, but instead of coal pollution, it’s money pollution,” said Bill McKibben of Washington D.C.

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Green Earth Journey

MAY 4, 2012

Please join us–we need you to send the most important alarm humanity has ever heard: www.climatedots.org Onwards, Bill McKibben for the whole team at ClimateDots.orgTomorrow is 350 day. 350 means safety from the climate crisis. To preserve our planet, scientists tell us we must reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere from its current level of 392 parts per million ("ppm")to below 350 ppm. But 350 is more than a number—it's a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.

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Green (Living) Review

APRIL 19, 2010

In an op-ed, Bill McKibben of 350.org wrote: "Thank heaven. Beginning Monday, April 19th, some 15,000 people from around the world along with representatives of 70 governments, mainly from Least Developed Countries, will meet in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for the World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth.

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Green Prophet

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Interview: Bracing For A Warmer Future With Bill McKibben. la (Turkey): The impacts coal is having on the environment around Mu?la, la, Turkey. Photo by Servet Dilber, 2019.

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Green (Living) Review

APRIL 7, 2010

Amongst the confirmed speakers are NASA scientist Jim Hansen, Bill McKibben, environmental journalist and leader of 350.org, Indian environmentalist Vandana Shiva, Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, Miguel D'Escoto, former President of UN General Assembly, American actor, director and activist Danny Glover along with leaders from leading environmental organizations and communities at the front line of climate change.

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Green Prophet

MARCH 20, 2014

” Unfortunately, the voices of people like Bill McKibben and former NASA scientist Jim Hansen, who have been warning us for years that we must implement cleaner, renewable energy sources and put limits on fossil fuel extraction, are likely to be overrun by the status quo. Environmental activists, scientists, and conscious citizens have long known that our current model of unchecked resource extraction, carbon emissions and population growth would end badly.

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A Greener Life

JUNE 30, 2021

The Alberta tar sands. Photo credit: TastyCakes, Jamitzky subsequently equalized the colour. – Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons., Public Domain, – via Wikimedia. By Anders Lorenzen.

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Green Blog

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Shortly after Obama’s victory was announced Bill McKibben, from 350.org , tweeted: “Obama has been re-elected president in the warmest year in American history. The results are in and Barack Obama wins the US presidency for a second term, beating the Republicans candidate Mitt Romney.

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Green Prophet

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

These events are always financially crippling, politically disastrous, and environmentally criminal, which is powerful ammunition for the likes of Bill McKibben and the 350.org (global) crowd , as well as other activists, moviemakers and indigenous people who are determined to fell the Keystone XL Pipeline project.

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Sightline Daily

JANUARY 3, 2014

Bill McKibben has taken to the pages of Rolling Stone again. This time, he’s assessing President Obama, and the conclusions are disturbing: If you want to understand how people will remember the Obama climate legacy, a few facts tell the tale: By the time Obama leaves office, the U.S. will pass Saudi Arabia as the planet’s biggest oil producer and Russia as the world’s biggest producer of oil and gas combined.

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Green Prophet

OCTOBER 5, 2011

In order to redeem Reagan’s faux pas, environmental activists led by Bill McKibben (who was since arrested for his green activism) returned the original panels to the White House in September last year. When an oil-rich Sheikdom crowns an official building with grid-connected solar panels, it’s time for the U.S. to wake up!

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Green Prophet

JANUARY 9, 2013

But as Bill McKibben and other leading scientists frequently point out, the stakes are higher than ever. Amid some of the worst flooding seen in the Middle East in decades and increasingly dire reports about climate change, Masdar will host the sixth annual World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi next week. We’ll be joining 30,000 other delegates at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, which includes the International Water Summit (IWS) from January 13-17th.

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Green Prophet

DECEMBER 7, 2011

Edited by Bill McKibben, it starts with the ecological musings of Henry David Thoreau — read his essays on Walden Pond and you’ll think you’re talking with the Moneyless Man — and it goes on to transect major eras in the environment movement in America, including recent essays by characters like Julia Butterfly Hill on what it was like living in that tree. There are more Christians in Egypt than Jews in Israel.

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Environmental Economics

JUNE 1, 2011

Donald Boudreaux can't avoid it: Writing recently in the Washington Post, environmental guru Bill McKibben asserted that the number and severity of recent weather events, such as the tornado in Joplin, Mo., And pointing to the tragedy in Joplin, Mr. McKibben summarily dismissed the idea that, if climate change really is occurring, human beings can successfully adapt to it.

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Sightline Daily

MARCH 26, 2014

Writing about climate change in the 1980s turned your New Yorker predecessor Bill McKibben into a force of nature for climate action. The Sixth Extinction, Book Cover Dear Ms. Kolbert: Your new book The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History is equal parts masterful and perplexing. It’s a tour de force through the byways of species biology, full of fascinating scientists studying charismatic creatures that are passing or have passed into extinction.

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