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Why We March: Stepping Forth for a Planet in Peril

Sep 15, 2014
On Sunday, Sept. 21, a huge crowd will march through the middle of Manhattan. It will almost certainly be the largest rally about climate change in human history, and one of the largest political protests in many years in New York.

McKibben on Obama, Environment: The Cynics ‘Were Right’

Dec 23, 2013
Writer and environmental activist Bill McKibben slaps the administration for taking on easy battles, sidestepping the tough ones and trying to claim environmental progress. Meanwhile, the earth continues to heat up as Obama pursues oil- and coal-based energy policies, and then brags about them.

X-Ray of a Flagging Presidency

Oct 28, 2013
The two-plus year battle over the Keystone XL pipeline has illuminated the Obama presidency like no other issue. It offers the president not just a choice of policies, but a choice of friends, worldviews, styles.

Oil and Honey

Oct 18, 2013
"I didn't particularly want to lead a movement, but I wanted to join one, and so I helped to build it," writes environmental activist Bill McKibben in his memoir, "Oil and Honey," an endearing account of his reluctant rise to leadership."I didn't particularly want to lead a movement, but I wanted to join one, and so I helped to build it," writes environmental activist Bill McKibben in his memoir.

Too Soon to Tell: The Case for Hope, Continued

May 21, 2013
If you take the long view, you’ll see how startlingly, how unexpectedly but regularly things change. Not by magic, but by the incremental effect of countless acts of courage, love and commitment, the small drops that wear away stones and carve new landscapes, and sometimes by torrents of popular will that change the world suddenly.

A Presidential Decision That Could Change the World

Feb 12, 2013
In the near future, President Obama is expected to give construction on the Keystone XL pipeline a definitive thumbs up or thumbs down. The decision he makes could determine the fate of the Canadian tar-sands industry and, with it, the future well-being of the planet. If that sounds overly dramatic, let me explain.