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The Great Carbon Bubble: Bill McKibben on Why the Fossil Fuel Industry Fights So Hard Against Climate Action
To preserve a livable climate, we need to leave most remaining hydrocarbons in the ground. Guess who doesn’t like that idea? by Bill McKibben, reposted from TomDispatch If we could see the world with a particularly illuminating set of spectacles, one of its most prominent features at the moment would be a giant carbon bubble, [...]
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How 'Climategate' Is like the O.J. Trial
Attack the process and the truth doesn't matter. This is the tactic currently being employed by the climate denying flacks of fossil fuels. With a clever analogy in this week's TomDispatch, Bill McKibben reminds us all of where we'v... Read Post
Fighting Against Fossil Fuel
Reflecting on Bill McKibben's "Do the Math" tour, which encourages grassroots activism against the influence of the fossil fuel industry, Eric Moll spells out some strategies: Potential tactics for climate activists fall along a wid... Read Post
Why the energy-industrial elite has it in for the planet
Tom Engelhardt of TomDispatch.com introduces an essay by Bill McKibben on the global "carbon bubble" and how the fossil fuel industry profits. Why the energy-industrial elite has it in for the planet is a post from: OurWorld 2.0 Read Post