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“We broke the Arctic …” McKibben on Bill Maher ..

October 10th, 2012 · Comments Off on “We broke the Arctic …” McKibben on Bill Maher ..

We all have too many things to do in the day … and there are only so many hours (or minutes) that can be given over to watching others rather than doing ourselves. However, here is 12 minutes that is truly worth watching (okay, truly worth listening to). Bill McKibben is incredibly articulate and informed. […]

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Tags: climate change

White House Without Excuse For Missed Solar Deadline

June 20th, 2011 · 4 Comments

Facing growing and increasingly prominent calls to restore solar panels to the White House roof, roughly 30 years after Ronald Reagan pulled off the panels President Jimmy Carter put up, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu made an exciting announcement at Green Gov last October: As we move toward a clean energy economy, the White House will […]

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Tags: Energy · Obama Administration · political symbols · President Barack Obama · renewable energy · solar · Solar Energy

My White House is Solar Cool. Mr. President, why isn’t yours?

June 15th, 2011 · 4 Comments

Sometimes, your kids tell you great things. We have the coolest house on the street. Wow. We’re cool — according to the kids. Certainly isn’t the non-existent slide for the pool that isn’t there. Our lack of a huge media room and the glaring absence of a gym didn’t contribute. And, while I’ve always thought […]

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Tags: political symbols · President Barack Obama · solar · Solar Energy

In the Fixer-Upper with Barack Obama

June 15th, 2011 · 2 Comments

This guest post is from Bill McKibben who is the co-founder of the grassroots climate group 350.org, and Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College. Nothing tests a relationship like home renovation (well, maybe twittering crotch shots, but I mean for ordinary folks). Fixing the kitchen, putting in a new bathroom: “It can bring up core […]

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Tags: Energy · political symbols · politics · President Barack Obama · renewable energy · solar · Solar Energy

Bill McKibben: “Listen Up! There is no one else …”

April 17th, 2011 · Comments Off on Bill McKibben: “Listen Up! There is no one else …”

Bill McKibben fired up Powershift 2011 last night with what must rank as among his most powerful statements ever … (full text after the fold) There is no one else. No one … but the attendees of PowerShift 2011 … and me … and you …

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Tags: Energy

Giving Thanks for Hopeful Pessimists

November 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment

For a long time, I described myself as a pessimistic optimist (or an optimistic pessimist — just couldn’t remember which …). This changed recently as I learned a critical definitional issue. An optimist is assuming things will work out and it doesn’t necessarily rely on their efforts or necessarily require any special action to end […]

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Tags: catastrophic climate change · climate change

Republican Senate Candidates supports hastening Anthropocene Era

September 6th, 2010 · Comments Off on Republican Senate Candidates supports hastening Anthropocene Era

This guest post from Lefty Coaster provides windows on the anti-science syndrome suffering hatred of a livable economic system running through the rhetoric of many of the Republican Party’s candidates. Republicans would despoil our country in pursuit of the oil and coal that are so profitable for their corporate sponsors, and so bad for our […]

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Tags: Global Warming · guest post · republican party

An Appeal to Bill McKibben …

August 5th, 2010 · Comments Off on An Appeal to Bill McKibben …

Coming not that far from Bill’s neck of the woods, NB41 is a very thoughtful and knowledgeable advocate of wind power … working hard for helping make wind power a reality.  This guest post is his appeal to Bill McKibben to advocate for feed-in-tariffs as a tool that works to get clean energy expansion accelerated.  […]

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Tags: Energy

Senate Climate Change inAction: Postmortem thoughts continued …

August 5th, 2010 · Comments Off on Senate Climate Change inAction: Postmortem thoughts continued …

The abysmal failure for US Senate movement forward on climate change mitigation legislation has many fathers and mothers, many to blame. And, the blame game is moving around … along with lots of CYA discussions. To a certain extent, the pointing fingers and ‘who me’ exercises can get a bit exaggerated because while there is […]

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Tags: climate change · Energy · environmental · Global Warming

“If the glove won’t fit …” Deniers advocates vs skeptical scientists

February 25th, 2010 · Comments Off on “If the glove won’t fit …” Deniers advocates vs skeptical scientists

Bill McKibben‘s LATimes OPED today makes a searing, and truthful, analogy. The title gives it away The O.J. tactic Climate change skeptics sound like Simpson’s lawyers: If the winter glove won’t fit, you must acquit. Opinion Yes, those who are fighting so mightedly to confuse the public about the state of climate scientists are like […]

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Tags: climate change · climate delayers · environmental · Global Warming · global warming deniers · political symbols