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Headline	Author	Published	Section
350 or bust The 350ppm challenge to U.S. environmental organizations and the importance of McKibben's 350.org	Ken Ward	19 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Bill McKibben spoke about 350.org recently at the Jamaica Plain Forum. Coming on the heels of recent talks by Ross Gelbspan, also at the JP Forum, and Jim Hansen, in Lexington, Mass., Bill's talk completed a trifecta of area appearances by climate action patriots. My friend Andrée, who attended all three events, said: 'Hansen has the reserve of a scientist, and the certainty of someone who knows he is right. McKibben is just like his writing -- philosophical, wry ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, economy, environmental movement, grassroots activism, James Hansen, politics (all these topics)

e360 and states New Yale green site draws attention to state climate efforts	David Roberts	13 Jun 2008	Gristmill
I think various Grist contributors have linked over there a few times already, but I've been remiss in not explicitly noting the debut of environment360, the new online publication from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. It's come out of the gate with a bang, with pieces from high-profile writers like Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Denis Hayes. In particular, check out 'States Take the Lead on Climate,' by Michael Northrop and David Sasso ...
Topics: Bill Mckibben, climate, economy, politics, state politics (all these topics)

Frustrated? Let's write our own climate legislation! A 'sense of the House' resolution to adopt 350 ppm as America's official climate target	Guest author	11 Jun 2008	Gristmill
This is a guest essay from Colin Beavan, otherwise known as No Impact Man. His family's year-long sustainable living project is the subject of a forthcoming book from Farrar, Straus & Giroux. He blogs at No Impact Man. ----- This may seem hokey, but I'm so far beyond frustrated with the legislators of this country that I've gone and written my own piece of climate change legislation. My bill is simple. Once you get past all the 'whereas' and so forth, it simply ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, Ed Markey, Kyoto Protocol, politics (all these topics)

The Shape of Good Hope Climate activists have reason to hope even amidst bad news		26 Oct 2007	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Friday, 26 Oct 2007 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. This ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

They're Stepping Up Edwards, McCain, and Kucinich say they'll speak at Step It Up 2 rallies		16 Oct 2007	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 16 Oct 2007 MIDDLEBUR ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Stepping it up on activism New book from McKibben & co. aids grassroots action	Erik Hoffner	15 Oct 2007	Gristmill
Tuesday marks the release (yes, on recycled paper) of Fight Global Warming Now, the Step It Up 2007 team's handbook for grassroots action on climate (and most other issues) in our communities. It's a blueprint for success based on their own experiences. Step It Up 2: Who's a Leader is just around the corner (Nov. 3), and there is an increasing corps of leaders committing to turn up at the events: eight members of Congress and two presidential candidates: go here to f ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, books, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Do the Invite Thing Congresspeople are saying 'yes' to Step It Up 2 -- has yours RSVP'd?		03 Oct 2007	Dispatches
Congresspeople are saying "yes" to Step It Up 2 -- has yours RSVP'd? Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Wednesday, 03 Oct 2007 ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

The race to catch up McKibben's clarion call	David Roberts	30 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Bill McKibben has a clarion call of an op-ed in yesterday's Washington Post. The reality of climate change is moving much more quickly than politics: The Democratic majority is finally beginning to move legislation that would commit the United States to long-term reductions in carbon dioxide emissions -- the first law Congress might actually pass in the years since global warming became an issue. But here, too, the legislative process is backing away from what sci ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, politics (all these topics)

Best Foot Forward Ask politicians to join Step It Up 2 and explain their stance on climate change		25 Sep 2007	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 25 Sep 2007 MID ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

Step Higher Step It Up 2 is coming this November -- get ready to hit the streets		07 Aug 2007	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is organizing Step It Up 2, a national day of climate action. A scholar-in-residence at Middlebury College, McKibben is the author of The End of Nature, the first book for a general audience on climate change, and, most recently, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future. He serves on Grist's board of directors. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 \| 4 \| 5 Tuesday, 07 Aug 2007 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. Move ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

YearlyKos: Step It Up 2 The next round of McKibben's campaign	David Roberts	04 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I forgot some of the coolest (and breaking) news! At my panel earlier today, Bill McKibben "pre-announced" something exciting: On Nov. 3, a year before the presidential election, he will be organizing Step It Up 2: Revenge of the Nerds. OK, I made up the title, but not the news. At the first Step It Up, McKibben's Army asked that people gather in places likely to be affected by climate change. For Step It Up 2, people will be gathering in places that comme ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, energy, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics)

And They're Off! Bush's climate plan will kick-start a new era of bargaining over the planet's future	Bill McKibben	21 Sep 2006	Soapbox
On your mark ... Get set ... Go? Photo: iStockphoto And so the bargaining has begun. After almost two decades of inaction, at long last America seems ready to start considering some kind of action to address global warming. With states setting conflicting standards, with the scientists announcing weekly updates on the speed and size of the approaching cataclysm, w ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, legislation, litigation, politics (all these topics)

No More Mr. Nice Guy Climate change is pushing this easygoing enviro over the edge	Bill McKibben	12 Jan 2006	Soapbox
The one and only time I ever saw my mother become aggressive in public went like this. We were out as a family for a weekend leaf-peeping drive, an impulse apparently shared by most of the rest of New England, because the traffic along New Hampshire's Kancamagus Highway was endless 90-degree gridlock. Every once in a while, however, somebody would zoom happily by in the breakdown lane. ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, energy, Massachusetts, politics, wind power (all these topics)

No Talk and No Action Why the Montreal climate summit was too painful to watch	Bill McKibben	12 Dec 2005	Soapbox
I've been to climate meetings in locales that stretch from Kyoto to The Hague, Mexico City to the Maldives. It would have been awfully easy to get in the old hybrid and drive two hours north to Montreal for the big climate-change confab that wrapped up this weekend -- if nothing else, it's a city I love deeply. But I couldn't bring myself to do it in the end. I knew it was going to be too ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, Canada, climate, politics, United States (all these topics)

Where Do We Go, Where Do We Go Now? Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a conference on winning the climate-change fight		27 Jan 2005	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature and a member of Grist's board of directors. His latest book is Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Thursday, 27 Jan 2005 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. Here's the different thing about this conference. Although participants spanned the generations, it was organized in large measure by 20 students here at Middlebury ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, climate change impacts, Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental movement, politics, United States (all these topics)

Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Whatcha Gonna Do? Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a conference on winning the climate-change fight		26 Jan 2005	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature and a member of Grist's board of directors. His latest book is Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Wednesday, 26 Jan 2005 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. The bad boys of American environmentalism made their case this morning, and they made it well. By the time Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus had finished pre ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, climate change impacts, Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental movement, politics, United States (all these topics)

Changing the Climate-Change Climate Bill McKibben sends dispatches from a conference on winning the climate-change fight		25 Jan 2005	Dispatches
Bill McKibben is the author of The End of Nature and a member of Grist's board of directors. His latest book is Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age. Dispatch: 1 \| 2 \| 3 Tuesday, 25 Jan 2005 MIDDLEBURY, Vt. A crisp, cold, blue-sky New England day, fresh snow on the ground, and everything right with the world. Except that last night, as I was preparing to attend a thre ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, climate change impacts, Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental movement, politics, United States (all these topics)

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