Bill McKibben

A natural gas power plant of RWE AG in Lingen, Germany

Can heat pumps help bring peace to Ukraine?

The horrors of Russia’s war in Ukraine are funded in large part by the fossil fuels it sells to the world. Climate activist and writer Bill McKibben says the US should rapidly manufacture electric heat pumps and send them to European homes as a way to permanently weaken Vladimir Putin’s oil-and gas-fueled war machine — and fight climate change, too.

Can heat pumps help bring peace to Ukraine?
In 2019, the Morgan sisters biked to New York City from Andover with their mom to raise awareness about climate change.

Young activists are making their mark in the climate debate

Young activists are making their mark in the climate debate
On Dec. 19, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a plan for the state’s common retirement fund to completely decarbonize its entire portfolio.

Big money is backing out of fossil fuel industry, moving into greener alternatives

Big money is backing out of fossil fuel industry, moving into greener alternatives
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaking at the signing ceremony on climate change at the UN in 2016. Trudeau has committed Canada to steep reductions in carbon pollution, while also pushing to expand tar sands oil production.

Climate warrior? Champion of 'Big Oil'? Canada's leader wants to be both.

Climate warrior? Champion of 'Big Oil'? Canada's leader wants to be both.
Climate change activist Bill McKibben speaking in Waitsfield, Vermont in 2012.

To fight climate change, activist says Obama's policy needs 'to be as good as physics demands'

To fight climate change, activist says Obama's policy needs 'to be as good as physics demands'

Oil and Honey

Bill McKibben is the closest thing the grassroots climate movement has to a celebrity. Co-founder of 350.org, he catalyzed opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline and is now urging institutions around the country divest their holdings from fossil fuels. His new book, Oil and Honey, is half activist memoir, half meditation on beekeeping in Vermont.

Oil and Honey

University students rally to get endowments out of fossil fuels

A number of college students across the country are trying to convince the administrators running their endowments that for the good of everyone, they need to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. A similar effort around South African businesses was an important part in ending apartheid.

University students rally to get endowments out of fossil fuels

Students Fight for Colleges to Drop Fossil Fuel Holdings

Students Fight for Colleges to Drop Fossil Fuel Holdings

New PBS documentary 'Climate of Doubt' looks at organizations fueling doubt in climate change

Four years ago, there was political consensus that climate change was one of the most pressing issues facing the world and the U.S. But now, after a great deal of spending and lobbying, politicians are refusing to do anything about it. A new documentary looks at why.

New PBS documentary 'Climate of Doubt' looks at organizations fueling doubt in climate change

Environmentalist says global climate catastrophe is inevitable without intervention

Catastrophic global warming can be staved off if humans can keep the climate from warming more than two degrees Celsius, and emit less than 565 Gigatons of carbon dioxide, some scientists believe. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says that's not enough.

Environmentalist says global climate catastrophe is inevitable without intervention
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Home Grown

Writer Bill McKibben takes on a bet that he can make it through a winter eating food grown only in his native Vermont.

Home Grown

Keystone Pipeline Rejected, For Now

The Obama administration decides against building the controversial Keystone pipeline extension.

Keystone Pipeline Rejected, For Now

Assessing the UN Climate Change Conference

Assessing the UN Climate Change Conference

Over 1,200 protesters of oil pipeline arrested at White House

Protest to stop a proposed 17 hundred-mile oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf 'biggest display of civil disobedience in 30 years' in US.

Over 1,200 protesters of oil pipeline arrested at White House

Debate over oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas

The oil pipeline from Canada to Gulf Coast could provide 700 thousand barrels a day, but critics say it would wreak environmental havoc.

Debate over oil pipeline running from Canada to Texas