Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack https://billmckibben.substack.com/ Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature
As the UN Secy General says, the Euro wildfires are just an opening act to the El Nino bearing down on planet earth. It's time for smart politicians to stop climate hushing and start getting ahead of the heat. open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
High Heat, High DramaEurope is starting to provide some answers about the next step in the climate fightopen.substack.comHaving put federal lands off limits to solar panels, the Trump administration is opening them up to...data centers www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/c...
Trump Administration Is Repurposing Federal Land for A.I. Data CentersIn the latest example, the Energy Department will convert a shuttered Cold War-era uranium enrichment facility into a data center campus and gas plants.www.nytimes.comSo, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...
Our last, best chance to cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl...www.ted.comCan Trump actually turn America into a theme park of internal combustion? www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Trump Is Losing the Great Electric-Vehicle RaceDonald Trump’s decision to do away with Biden-era efficiency standards and electric-vehicle incentives threatens to turn America into a theme park of internal combustion as the rest of the world moves...www.newyorker.comBig Gas versus a Living Planet--the latest data open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Bloated and GassyTrump's...energy policy, and what it's going to cost us allopen.substack.comDeeply important work. Thanks to @rebleber.bsky.social and team
Center for Climate IntegrityNEW: Big Oil and Gas created the myth that natural gas is "clean" — despite knowing the health and climate harms of methane decades earlier than previously reported. A major CCI investigation exposes how the gas industry deceived the public and policymakers into believing gas is a climate solution.
The MAGA response to wildfire smoke is like a CT scan of their raddled bellicosity open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Smoke Gets In Your...Hole Where Your Soul Should BeMAGA may have a set a new mark for belligerent stupidityopen.substack.comHey, @leahstokes.bsky.social has a new newsletter, on electrification and climate and important stuff. She's sharp as a tack, and not to be missed electricnotes.news/p/yes-democr...
Yes, Democrats Should Talk About Climate.Talking about Climate Change is a Political Winner.electricnotes.newsThe Democrats need unity across their wings--what if candidates paired up as tickets during the primaries, and started projecting a more unified vision? I dread another ideologically split primary, when we must beat fascism Here's an example, with Pritzker/AOC www.newyorker.com/an-idea-for-...
A Radical Proposal for the Democrats in 2028Presidential candidates could consider naming, and campaigning with, their Vice-Presidential pick from Day One, Bill McKibben suggests.www.newyorker.comThese will be among the iconic images of the global warming era. Such sadness and awe
Luke LeBrunThese images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
Second to collecting it for himself, Trump's joy is setting money on fire billmckibben.substack.com/p/setting-mo...
Setting money on fire(Also the planet)billmckibben.substack.comThese good people are selling balcony solar units at cost--a few hundred bucks to join the solar revolution. thank you @brightsaver.bsky.social !
Bright Saver | Plug-In SolarThere's a lot of different ways to highlight the accessibility of plug-in solar. @billmckibben.bsky.social nailed it in his mention with @canarymedia.com "The solar revolution is the great sunny hope of our time, now everyone can participate." www.canarymedia.com/articles/sol...
If you think it's hot where you are, it's 127 degrees Fahrenheit in Iran
Extreme Temperatures Around the WorldHISTORIC 53C DAY- 38C at NIGHT 52.7C Omidieh IRAN All time record and 2026 World Record MINIMUMS ! 38.3 Delhoran IRAN 33.1 Uchkuduk UZBEKISTAN Next days WORSE 53/54c Middle East 49/50C former USSR 50/52C CHINA NIGHTS up to 40C MOST EXTREME HEAT WAVE IN WORLD HISTORY