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Bill McKibben

What Bill McKibben thinks about climate change

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Writer and climate campaigner; wrote The End of Nature in 1989 and founded 350.org and Third Act.

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4 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Bill McKibben has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingCarbon capture technology is worth continuing to research, even though it is not yet a solution to climate change.

    Their wordsIt is entirely prudent to keep researching and testing carbon capture technology-someday it may be part of the solution to the greatest problem humanity has ever faced.

    ↗Facts on the groundbillmckibben.substack.com 1st of 3 in this piece

  2. 6 days earlier

  3. Our readingSwitching to sustainable energy is the one effective, scalable tool available to prevent catastrophic climate change.

    energy

    Their words"Just switching to sustainable energy" is in fact the one good, scalable weapon we have to fight that

    ↗Two Menbillmckibben.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  4. 2 days earlier

  5. Our readingThe upcoming U.S. elections are the last real chance to shift fast enough from oil and gas to solar and wind to limit global warming.

    solarenergyAmericaphysics

    Their wordsBut physics is giving us very little time now, and so the next set of elections in this country will be, I think, our last real chance to make the sea change-replacing oil and gas with sun and wind-that is our best hope for limiting warming.

    ↗The growing rumblebillmckibben.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece

  6. 5 days earlier

  7. Our readingGlobal warming has already reached a level at which serious harm is occurring

    Their wordsWe have made it hot enough on this planet that things are going very wrong.

    ↗Reality intrudesbillmckibben.substack.com 2nd of 3 in this piece