Political Quotes by Bill McKibben

13 Political quotes by Bill McKibben

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Bill McKibben’s 13 political lines connect environmental urgency with civic responsibility, making his climate‑focused activism clear and compelling for readers seeking a concise entry point.

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I think that so far the political and economic power of the fossil fuel industry has trumped all else.

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By themselves, they are not enough; we also need to engage in political action.

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[Political actions] has to happen on the local and state level; we have to convince our cities to join the growing number…

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We also have to engage - and I think this is important - in national politics because there is no way to…

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That's why people are standing up again to fight the Keystone pipeline in Nebraska and South Dakota and Montana. Everyone is well…

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The polling data shows not an unbelievable level of concern [on climate issue] but a general awareness of this problem. And now…

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Pity the poor senator or representative trying to stay alive in the political jungle. At every turn, there's a danger: a constituent…

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Without a movement pressing for change, there's little hope. We've got to work the political system to make this happen fast. The…

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I've spent my life living in rural America, some of it in blue state Vermont, some of it in red state upstate…

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I also think we need unconventional political action, and I increasingly think that there is a need for people of faith to…

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Despite the array of groups and organizations working on global warming, we are still missing a key element: the movement. Along with…

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We're mathematically past the point where the accumulation of individual actions can add up quickly enough to make a difference. The individual…

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Often when I'm on TV, they'll ask what are the three most important things for people to do. I know they want…

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I try not to be either optimistic or pessimistic. I try not to think about outcomes on that scale. My job, it seems to…

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Oil companies are radical because they're willing to alter the chemical composition of the atmosphere.

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Whenever anyone challenges anything, the powers that be try to paint them as extremists or radicals or whatever. And I think that's actually nonsense.

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My guess is that liberating the fossil fuel industry to frack anywhere they want will drive down the rate at which we're converting to…

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What makes us different? We're the creature that can decide not to do something that we are capable of doing.

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“The snow was coming down so hard. It looked like the flakes were hurrying to get out of the sky so the next ones…

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Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies.

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“I’ve sat behind a microphone and listened for decades as Americans learned to stop talking with each other and start shouting instead. No discussions,…

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People in low-lying countries like Bangladesh with almost 140 million people who are managing to feed themselves, whose carbon emissions can't really be calculated…

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