Bill McKibben has been a leading advocate for climate change action since he wrote the first popular book about global warming in 1989. In his new memoir, 鈥淭he Flag, The Cross and the Station Wagon,鈥 he connects the climate crisis to his suburban American boyhood and wonders 鈥淲hat the hell happened?鈥
In the newly released IPCC report, scientists concluded that immediate cuts are necessary to stop emissions. Systemic changes currently underway in the transportation sector could begin lowering that emissions footprint鈥攂ut will it be enough?
Activists in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Nebraska are proving that building collective community power can successfully counter Big Oil鈥檚 monied interests.
鈥淲ild Coast communities are using the courts to fight for the right to determine what happens in their territory and strengthening their hand in a country heavily marred by colonialism.鈥
When Hitler invaded the Sudetenland, U.S. industries retooled to produce military vehicles. In response to Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. needs to pivot to renewables.
鈥淢inimum Viable Planet鈥 is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, how to be a climate ally where you are.
鈥淢inimum Viable Planet鈥 is a weeklyish commentary about climateish stuff, and how to keep it together in a world gone mad. This week, we get ready for a climate marathon.