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Bill McKibben

@billmckibben.bsky.social
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Founder 350.org and Third Act, author The Crucial Years on substack billmckibben.substack.com Author of 21 books, beginning with The End of Nature

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 2h
Third Actors from across California converging on Bakersfield to knock doors in triple digit heat for Randy Villegas. So proud of @thirdactorg.bsky.social
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 2h
Third Actors from across California converging on Bakersfield this weekend to knock doors for Randy Villegas in his Congressional race So proud of @thirdactorg.bsky.social
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...
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Terror in the Backyard:
ICE’s Shadow Surge in Vermont
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Zan Dubin @zandubin.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I shd post about why I'm canvassing for Randy Villegas (CA-22) w/ @billmckibben.bsky.social & @thirdactorg.bsky.social Sun. but I'm too excited to have placed this op-ed Bill wrote about it, for my day job. But read it! It's why we're canvassing in the brutal Bakersfield heat. tinyurl.com/5n8cr9j4
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Community Voices: Here's why older voters are turning to Villegas
The 22nd Congressional District in California is one of the youngest in America, with an average age under 32. And yet, as David Valadao scrambles to hold on to his
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
ICE's shameless stupid cruelty continues unabated. Here's a truly wrenching account from our wonderful local Vermont newspaper, which I imagine could be multiplied a thousandfold every day across America. Many thanks to Liza Cochran, its author bravelittlevoices.substack.com/p/terror-in-...
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Terror in the Backyard:
ICE’s Shadow Surge in Vermont
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Robbie Andrew @robbieandrew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time." 🎁🔗
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This. (Gift Article)
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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Catherine McKenna @cathmckenna.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"What is irrational is continuing down the road of fossil fuels. That's irrational on the costs, the risks, the impacts. It's an old technology." My comments about the opportunity of solar for all, everywhere, by 2030! #SolarForAll. Thanks @billmckibben.bsky.social for leading the way!
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Can there be solar for all, everywhere by the end of the decade?
Prominent climate leaders have called on governments, businesses, institutions and the public to make a push for solar power before the decade is out, repowering the world with cheap, clean energy. Is...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“I will get my chisel and I will be right over there with everybody, tearing it down.” So proud of Third Act colleagues in the nation's capitol who organized a big protest against the proposed Arch www.arlnow.com/2026/10/01/c...
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Crowds, lawmakers protest Trump’s arch in Memorial Circle | ARLnow.com
A crowd of protesters joined several members of Congress and local officials this morning (Thursday) to protest plans for a towering arch in Memorial Circle. Speakers including U.S. Rep. Don Beyer (D-...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An attempt to offer some context for the coming debate on permitting reform. billmckibben.substack.com/p/reform-or-...
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Reform or Regression?
A hard calculation at a hard moment
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
An attempt to offer some context for the coming debate on permitting reform. billmckibben.substack.com/p/reform-or-...
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Reform or Regression?
A hard calculation at a hard moment
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Zan is right. Please join us and help win this winnable seat from the GOP
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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’ve been saying for a while, someone needs to estimate the net cost of millions of people having to spend a chunk of every day worrying about what the insane president has done or will do.
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Caleb Heeringa @calebheeringa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“We have to sit and listen as men worth unfathomable sums speculate about whether our species will survive their companies’ initial public offerings. We definitely weren’t designed to cope with all this.” 🎯
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We need affordability. And also just a smidgen of serenity? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We need affordability. And also just a smidgen of serenity? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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Eliza Barclay @elizabarclay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Bring back boring politicians. @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest for us: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/o...
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Opinion | I’m Exhausted. You’re Demoralized. We Weren’t Built for a World Like This.
A greatly underappreciated virtue of other presidents was that you could forget about them for weeks at a time.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Working to get out the ETOV with @ayanaeliza.bsky.social and some very special podcast guests ayanaelizabeth.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 29/09/2026
I am so so so glad whenever someone mentions the fact that Amazon named an entire arena CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA and then promptly stopped mentioning climate pledges ever again @billmckibben.bsky.social's latest is a great read: billmckibben.substack.com/p/amazon-crime
climate pledge arena
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Matunos @matunos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Broken Pledge Arena
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Amazon is eager to open the single biggest climate wrecking facility in the country. billmckibben.substack.com/p/amazon-cri...
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Amazon Crime
And Other Tales of Billionaire Lying from the Data Center Wars
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As a lifelong baseball fan, can I say: this is a truly bad idea. Fenway Park is for baseball, Teton Park is for wildlife www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As a lifelong baseball fan, can I say: this is a truly bad idea. Fenway Park is for baseball, Teton Park is for wildlife www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One of the many Third Act crews out door-knocking in Pennsylvania yesterday. If old folks can do this in a nor'easter, anyone can! Under 40 days to go, run through the tape!
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One of the many Third Act crews out door-knocking in Pennsylvania yesterday. If old folks can do this in a nor'easter, anyone can! Under 40 days to go, run through the tape!
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Democracy at (soggy) work. In the pizza place on the south side of Easton PA, getting the next set of voter lists for an afternoon of door knocking!
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Wondering how fired up the opposition is? Big crowd in Allentown PA in the middle of a full on nor’easter On to knock doors for Bob Brooks in the Congressional race here in PA 7!!! @thirdactorg.bsky.social
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social did the country 2 big favors this week His talk with the Nvidia CEO revealed a shallow, glib, defensive man (and thus a technology) nowhere near safe maturity His talk with Abdul El-Sayed revealed a humane, responsive, and morally rich man ready for leadership
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social did the country 2 big favors this week His talk with the Nvidia CEO revealed a shallow, glib, defensive man (and thus a technology) nowhere near safe maturity His talk with Abdul El-Sayed revealed a humane, responsive, and morally rich man ready for leadership
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just a reminder that you can go millions of miles between oil changes when you drive an EV www.wsj.com/business/ret...
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Iran War Is Driving Up the Cost of Your Next Oil Change
Higher gas prices were just the warm-up act for drivers, repair shops and retailers like Walmart and Costco.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just a reminder that you can go millions of miles between oil changes when you drive an EV www.wsj.com/business/ret...
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Iran War Is Driving Up the Cost of Your Next Oil Change
Higher gas prices were just the warm-up act for drivers, repair shops and retailers like Walmart and Costco.
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Zan Dubin @zandubin.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This terrible scenario is 1 of the many reasons @billmckibben.bsky.social & @thirdactorg.bsky.social members are canvassing next week for Randy Villegas, the Democrat running in CA-22, through Third Act's GrayPAC political action committee. #StopBurningStuff #OldandBold
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Solarizing the first Habitat house that Jimmy Carter worked on, and other tales of Climate Week billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-sunny-we...
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A Sunny Week in New York
At least in certain ways
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Solarizing the first Habitat house that Jimmy Carter worked on, and other tales of Climate Week billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-sunny-we...
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A Sunny Week in New York
At least in certain ways
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is quite funny in a not-at-all funny kind of way www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 23/09/2026
"If a resurgent movement demands action, we finally have the tools to make that demand matter – a working planet that runs mostly on sun and wind is in tantalizing reach," writes @billmckibben.bsky.social. "At the last possible moment, with backs to the wall, we still have our face to the sun."
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The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben
There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 23/09/2026
A group of leading advocates, writes @billmckibben.bsky.social, including @sanders.senate.gov, @yebsano.bsky.social, @janefonda.com, and more, will deliver a letter to the UN this week, urging faster action. buff.ly/WLz2aYo
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The climate fight has one great ally. You just can’t look at it directly | Bill McKibben
There is hope in solar power. As the UN meets, we are urging leaders to pursue a clear goal: clean energy for all by 2030
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
El Niño is breaking every existing record already, and it's got weeks to go before it's likely to hit a peak. We're going to see a warmer world than any humans before us this year billmckibben.substack.com/p/hold-my-wa...
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Hold my (warm) beer
It’s Existential Crises Week!
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
El Niño is breaking every existing record already, and it's got weeks to go before it's likely to hit a peak. We're going to see a warmer world than any humans before us this year billmckibben.substack.com/p/hold-my-wa...
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Hold my (warm) beer
It’s Existential Crises Week!
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ferrol uber alles @ferroluberalles.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From Ferrol, Spain. Enjoying the wonderful book ‘Here Comes the Sun’ by @billmckibben.bsky.social
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The part I never get is why he considers something an honor when he bestows it on himself. Try to imagine Lincoln building the Lincoln Memorial www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The part I never get is why he considers something an honor when he bestows it on himself. Try to imagine Lincoln building the Lincoln Memorial www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/u...
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How President Trump Broke the Kennedy Center
Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
keystonenewsroom.com/news/economy... Amazing that the Dems can afford to put these campaign signs on like every corner!
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Diesel hits an all-time high in Pennsylvania as fuel prices keep climbing
Diesel is $6.41 a gallon in Pennsylvania as of Wednesday, and those higher prices mean more expensive transportation for a long list of everyday goods.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
keystonenewsroom.com/news/economy... Amazing that the Dems can afford to put these campaign signs on like every corner!
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Diesel hits an all-time high in Pennsylvania as fuel prices keep climbing
Diesel is $6.41 a gallon in Pennsylvania as of Wednesday, and those higher prices mean more expensive transportation for a long list of everyday goods.
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tech oligarchs have "allied themselves with the most unpopular president in recent history," says @billmckibben.bsky.social. It's time for Dems to stop the "small ball" and "be more aggressive." Jon Ossoff is a model here. Great piece (cites mine on this): billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-two-ho...
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The Two Horsemen, Riding in Formation
Is There Suddenly an Opening for AI and Climate Sense?
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
US data centers will be use more natural gas than any country except China, Russia, Iran and the United States. It's like we're inventing a huge new nation, just when the climate needs it least billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-two-ho...
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The Two Horsemen, Riding in Formation
Is There Suddenly an Opening for AI and Climate Sense?
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
US data centers will be use more natural gas than any country except China, Russia, Iran and the United States. It's like we're inventing a huge new nation, just when the climate needs it least billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-two-ho...
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The Two Horsemen, Riding in Formation
Is There Suddenly an Opening for AI and Climate Sense?
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The AI moment is one of those rare opportunities in our political life to reset important conversations. We should not miss it billmckibben.substack.com/p/the-two-ho...
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The Two Horsemen, Riding in Formation
Is There Suddenly an Opening for AI and Climate Sense?
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Third Act @thirdactorg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Join GrayPAC and Third Act on September 16 for our September All-In Call with special guest Rep. Justin Pearson! Join us to learn how you can help elect climate and democracy champions in 2026. RSVP: thirdact.org/events/septe...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Between debunking the climate hoax and the AI hoax, I'm sure glad that President Trump is there to let us sleep well each night! www.wsj.com/tech/ai/trum...
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Trump Says AI Doesn’t Need More Guardrails And Calls Safety Fears a Hoax
The president alleges that a conspiracy is undermining support for AI and data centers, amid fierce public debate about the technology’s risks.
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Between debunking the climate hoax and the AI hoax, I'm sure glad that President Trump is there to let us sleep well each night! www.wsj.com/tech/ai/trum...
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Trump Says AI Doesn’t Need More Guardrails And Calls Safety Fears a Hoax
The president alleges that a conspiracy is undermining support for AI and data centers, amid fierce public debate about the technology’s risks.
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