Bill McKibben

co-founder of 350.org

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Founder of the global climate campaign 350.org, distinguished scholar at Middlebury College in Vermont, and author of The End of Nature; former staff writer for the New Yorker magazine

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The biggest way to cripple autocracies like Russia is to stop financing fossil fuels entirely, says Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org.

US banks have funded Russian oil, should focus on clean energy instead: Bill McKibben

The biggest way to cripple autocracies like Russia is to stop financing fossil fuels entirely, says Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org.

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Silicon Valley doesn’t give a damn about Earth’s imminent demise

The “world’s best green journalist” says it may be too late to save the planet, but that doesn’t seem to keep tech barons and the rest of the uber-rich up at night.

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As America prepares to vote again, a question remains from 2016: are the Russians still “meddling” with US elections?

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