"We're not at the point of trying to……" — Bill McKibben
"We're not at the point of trying to stop global warming; it's too late for that. We're trying to keep it from becoming a complete and utter calamity"
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61 Quotes by Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben has 61 quotes on this site.
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The seasons don't matter to most of us anymore except as spectacles. In my county and in many places around…
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Until it's understood to involve justice for those in poverty, a future for generations yet unborn, and a commitment to…
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Community is as endangered by surplus as it is by deficit. If there is too much money floating around it…
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The world hasn't ended, but the world as we know it has-even if we don't quite know it yet.
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There's no happy ending where we prevent climate change any more. Now the question is, is it going to be…
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Irene's got a middle name, and it's Global Warming.
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Remember...this year has already seen more billion-dollar weather-related disasters than any year in US history. Last year was the warmest…
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Global warming is no longer a philosophical threat, no longer a future threat, no longer a threat at all. It's…
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We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to…
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The real negotiation is between humans on the one hand and chemistry and physics on the other. And chemistry and…
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According to new research emerging from many quarters that our continued devotion to growth above all is, on balance, making…
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We've built a new Earth. It's not as nice as the old one; it's the greatest mistake humans have ever…
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