Here’s an excerpt from legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben’s appearance on Democracy Now! earlier today, in which he points out how insane our civilization’s response is to climate change. ConocoPhillips, which is developing that ill-begotten project up in the Arctic, has …
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Fighting To Protect Planet Earth
Here’s an article in which legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben likens the war on climate change to a world war in the military sense, and discusses the parallels between fighting Hitler and preventing climate catastrophe. The imperative to win WW2 was …
Burning Trees To Generate Electricity
A reader sent me this recent article by legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben. In passing it along, he notes: Craig, it appears that “Green” can become a kind of dogma so that if something is given a green coat of paint …
Supporting Candidates Who Favor Clean Energy
I thought I’d reprint this email that I just got from legendary environmentalist Bill McKibben. In my opinion, no one on Earth communicates more clearly and compellingly on political/environmental issues than McKibben. Here he’s in his wheelhouse, calling for the …
Who Manufactures the "News" We Receive?
Here’s a quote from today’s edition of The Writer’s Almanac that I hope readers will find relevant: Today is the birthday of … pioneering broadcast journalist Fred W. Friendly (pictured)….a large persuasive man, with strongly held opinions, (who) frequently butted heads with the …
