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The Stupidest Speech in UN History
Everyone's saying so!
 • Bill McKibben
Special Vermont Resistance edition
Lucy Welch, a hero for the moment.
 • Bill McKibben
The world--politely--tells Trump to take a hike
In Canada and in Europe, some very interesting news
 • Bill McKibben
Just possibly it's the oil?
A solar panel is the new peace sign
 • Bill McKibben
A Great and Good Man
On the passing of Bill Moyers
 • Bill McKibben
Um, I think we all just won
Biden is halting the biggest fossil fuel expansion on earth
 • Bill McKibben
An El Niño is brewing
And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.
 • Bill McKibben
Something extraordinary just happened
But of course there's a but. Or two.
 • Bill McKibben
We interrupt the madness for a note from the rational world
And an encouraging one, at that!
 • Bill McKibben
Greenland has a 'vital strategic asset'
A sheet of ice two miles thick (and also some remarkable people)
 • Bill McKibben
A Truly Dark Day in DC
And what you can do about it.
 • Bill McKibben
The Sun Also Riseth
Solar power is no longer marginal; now the (all-important) question is when it will be dominant.
 • Bill McKibben
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