Articles by Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is Schumann Distinguished Scholar in Environmental Studies at Middlebury College, and a founder of 350.org. He is a member of Grist’s board of directors.
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Subsidies 101: A guide to corporate handouts, and why we shouldn’t stand for them
Let's call subsidies what they are: freebies for the richest companies in history. Here are five rules of the road that should be applied to the fossil-fuel industry when it comes to subsidies.
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About that record-breaking dead heat in Illinois (no, not the polls)
Extremes like Chicago's freak March heat wave will be the new normal for a warming planet. But don't expect to hear about that from our presidential candidates.
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Bitter spill: Leaky Keystone’s economic risks would dwarf benefits
A comprehensive look at the Keystone XL pipeline's economic impact finds we can expect 91 significant spills from the proposed project.
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The great carbon bubble: Why the fossil-fuel industry fights so hard
Big Oil will do anything to avoid coming to terms with the fact that the business models which have made it so profitable directly threaten the Earth's survival, writes Bill McKibben.
