Tag: Bill McKibben

Planet of the Humans - Jeff Gibbs, Michael Moore
Energy, Environmental Issues

An Environmental Advocate’s Response to ‘Planet of the Humans’

The Michael Moore-produced, Jeff Gibbs video, Planet of the Humans, uses the capitalism onslaught that has caused disaster across the planet as an Earth Day opportunity to lob spitballs at environmental movements and prominent advocates. While it can’t even manage any more cogent solutions than vague assertions about curbing population and over-consumption, it also fails to see the monster who stands before it: the system, which needs to be overcome, immediately.

keystone xl pipeline
Climate, Tar Sands

Peter Jefferson Nichols: Sorry Slate, No Keystone, Big Problem for Tar Sands

“Blocking a pipeline, isn’t the same as blocking the flow of oil.” Hell yeah it ain’t! Diversity of targets! Diversity of tactics! If I am going to stop the single most profitable and destructive commodity on the planet from permanently spoiling our finite commons, the market place, I’ve got to do more than merely hold rallies and get arrested. I’ve got to organize. And that’s exactly what I’m doing, along with my siblings in solidarity.

Tar Sands, Forward on Climate
Climate, Tar Sands

Peter Jefferson Nichols: The NYT Misleads on How to Fix Climate Change

The Keystone XL is a great line in the sand. It requires an executive approval from President Obama because it crosses an international boundary, a rare “Yeah” or “Nay” for a head of state. Should the President reject the project based on its adverse climatic effects, he would become the first world leader to recognize the mutually beneficial relationship between ecology and economy.