Comments Bill McKibben has made
- David, you'll be happy to know 350.org is working with others to mount a series of vigils outside Senatorial offices in this country on the weekend of Dec. 12, and at consulates and embassies overseas. Your point about the Senate is of course correct, but that doesn't make it the only point. Obama is a great communicator and he has not been turning it loose on climate in any way; his team has been unwilling to bring up the latest science; and it strikes me as useful to keep some pressure on him to make the whole thing a priority. By the way, some of us both write about this stuff and organize about it. Why don't you coordinate a vigil outside your senator's office--or help make one happen outside Max Baucus's. We could definitely use your help!On Is Bill McKibben right to be angry with Obama? posted 1 week, 5 days ago 37 Responses
This piece, not surprisingly given its author, is exactly right on. The cap is what we need; all else is commentary.
On Climate policy question #1 is simple: "Are we in?" posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago 4 Responses
As to Ken Johnson's excellent question, the answer to that is something less than an atmospheric concentration of 350 ppm. Which would explain 350.org. Check it out350
Interesting post as always.
One slight correction. Jim Hansen's announcement that 350 is the new number has not been met with an entirely deafening silence. Those of us who ran the domestic StepItUp effort last year have now started a global campaign, 350.org, which will officially launch next month but has already organized actions in a dozen states and a dozen countries, and been widely discussed in major articles in the LA Times and Washington Post. If I was better at linking, I'd send you to the piece that originated last week at tomdispatch.com, and was carried widely around the blogosphere, including in Grist. In any event, you can check out the website at 350.org, and more to the point you can help join in the battle. Not easy to do, a global movement, but at least we're trying (and in 14 languages!).On The Climate Policy Paradigm has reached its endgame posted 1 year, 6 months ago 21 Responses