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Tag: Bill McKibben

 

David Moats: McKibben’s latest book discusses the politics of white advantage

By David Moats

Aug 18 2022August 18, 2022

Bernie Sanders, Bill McKibben

Our grandchildren will look toward us one day and wonder what we did in response.


Vermont Conversation: Bill McKibben reconsiders his boyhood and the American dream

By David Goodman

Jun 26 2022June 26, 2022

The big question on McKibben’s mind today is this: What the hell happened?


Vermont Conversation: Bill McKibben on Russia's fossil-fueled aggression

By David Goodman

Mar 3 2022March 2, 2022

“Vladimir Putin is only powerful because he has oil and gas,” says the Vermont author and environmental activist.


Olympian Bill Koch is an American revolutionary. He’d rather not talk about it.

By Kevin O'Connor

Jan 31 2022January 29, 2022

The first U.S. Nordic skier to medal on the world stage is happy to see a new generation of athletes — be it fellow Vermont-trained champion Jessie Diggins or his own namesake son — relieve him of the spotlight.


Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale launches campaign for US House

By Sarah Mearhoff

Jan 13 2022March 23, 2022

With a Democratic field stacked with female candidates, it looks like Vermont could send its first congresswoman to Washington in 2023.


McKibben says losing climate piece in federal budget package would be ‘devastating’

By Emma Cotton

Oct 20 2021October 21, 2021

The noted environmentalist and author from Vermont decries an attempt to block climate legislation, saying the United States needs to act now on climate to avoid disaster.


Burlington protesters support Indigenous communities fighting Line 3 pipeline in Minnesota

By Emma Cotton

Sep 26 2021September 27, 2021

Environmental activists, including Bill McKibben, addressed a crowd at Battery Park on Friday after marching through downtown Burlington.


Vermont Conversation: Author & activist Bill McKibben launches his Third Act

By David Goodman

Sep 10 2021September 10, 2021

Bernie Sanders, Bill McKibben

The Ripton-based climate writer has a new target for his activism: his fellow Baby Boomers.


Bill McKibben launches ‘Third Act’ to rally older Americans around climate change

By Emma Cotton

Sep 2 2021September 3, 2021

Bill McKibben, Poor People's Campaign

Generally, people in their “third act,” McKibben said, are likely to have skills, resources, time, and “sometimes a lot of grandchildren,” added incentive to act for the benefit of future generations.


Vermont Conversation: Bill McKibben's climate advice for Biden

By David Goodman

Jan 8 2021January 8, 2021

Thanks to the shift in national politics, climate activist and author Bill McKibben says, "there's real capacity and real appetite for action on this most important of issues."


Bill McKibben jailed during test run of national protest against banks

By Kevin O'Connor

Jan 17 2020January 17, 2020

The Vermont climate change author is back home after a Washington, D.C., arrest in preparation for an April mass action targeting financial institutions that support fossil fuel interests.


Moats: Most serious threat is from anti-democratic forces

By David Moats

Nov 12 2019November 12, 2019

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meet

Liberals and moderates have been waiting for moderate, pro-democracy Republicans to rise up in rebellion, but as in post-Reconstruction America, these forces have achieved a tight grip on power.


Climate change: Why Bill McKibben keeps fighting after 30 years

By Mike Dougherty and Elizabeth Gribkoff

Sep 18 2019October 20, 2019

Bernie Sanders, Bill McKibben

“What was then a series of warnings is now a series of bulletins from the front lines of what feels more and more like a kind of war,” says the Ripton-based author and activist.


The roots of Sanders’ environmental policies took hold in the 1990s

By Kit Norton

Sep 2 2019September 3, 2019

Anthony Pollina, a former staffer, helped shape Sanders' views on the environment.


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