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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 14 quotes by Bill McKibben William Ernest "Bill" McKibben (born 1960) is an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming. He is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College and leader of the anti-carbon campaign group 350.org. He has authored a dozen books about the environment, including his first (The End of Nature) in 1989 about climate change. In 2009, he led 350.org's organization of 5,200... Read full biography of Bill McKibben → 1 2 Ctrl → There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies... → 0 In reality, climate change is actually the biggest thing that's going on every single day. 0 Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies. 0 The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When I'm home, I'm a pretty green fellow. 0 When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic. 0 A spiritual voice is urgently needed to underline the fact that global warming is already causing human anguish and mortality in our nation and... → 0 If the movie had ended in Hollywood fashion, the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009 would have marked the culmination of the global fight to slow... → 0 Pity the poor senator or representative trying to stay alive in the political jungle. At every turn, there's a danger: a constituent who actually... → 0 The popular notion is that Americans are addicted to fossil fuels, but I find that's not true; most people would be happy to power their lives... → 0 We build schools and give government loans and grants to college kids; for those of us who are parents, tuition will often be the last big subsidy we... → 0 We can't bankrupt Exxon. But we can politically and morally bankrupt them. 0 If you told Exxon or Lukoil that, in order to avoid wrecking the climate, they couldn't pump out their reserves, the value of their companies... → 0 Our criteria is that it's okay to invest in companies so long as they stop lobbying in Washington, stop exploring for new hydrocarbons, and sit... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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14 quotes by Bill McKibben