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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 1d

will @billmckibben.bsky.social be wearing a Third Act tricorn hat?
www.crazycrow.com/site/tricorn...

Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 17d

A well deserved award for @billmckibben.bsky.social from @coveringclimatenow.org

Now hoping that someone who's qualified will nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize because 1) he deserves it and 2) what better way to drive you-know-who crazy
coveringclimatenow.org/from-us-stor...

Honoring Bill McKibben for a Lifetime of Ground-Breaking Climate Journalism — Covering Climate Now

Thirty-six years ago, the American journalist Bill McKibben wrote The End of Nature, the first mass-market book about climate change. The book warned, from the perspective of a lover of nature, about ...

coveringclimatenow.org

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 17d

yes, two great reads

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 20d

An elephant's tail
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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 21d

@farmaid.org needs to address this.

You aren't helping farmers or anyone if one of your founders spreads climate change denialism.

This runs counter to everything science has taught us.

@dhlovelife.bsky.social @billmckibben.bsky.social @billweircnn.bsky.social

[email protected] @donh-----2.bsky.social · 22d

Since you took the time to berate me—along with Brenda—about mixing politics with the Farm Aid concert, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out the many participants who joined in. For example, I never knew John Mellencamp was a climate change denier.

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 21d

here it is:
bsky.app/profile/donh...

[email protected] @donh-----2.bsky.social · 22d

Since you took the time to berate me—along with Brenda—about mixing politics with the Farm Aid concert, I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out the many participants who joined in. For example, I never knew John Mellencamp was a climate change denier.

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 21d

As part of @sundayofaction.bsky.social Wanda Fischer @wanda48.bsky.social began this week's Hudson River Sampler on @wamcradio.bsky.social with 7 songs about the sun, including Solar Carol by Kim & Reggie Harris @reggieharris42.bsky.social

@billmckibben.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTYs...

Solar Carol

YouTube video by Kim and Reggie Harris - Topic

www.youtube.com

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 22d

That @cnn.com guy was @billweircnn.bsky.social who knows a thing or 2 about climate science

Pretty pathetic that @farmaid.org founder Mellencamp is a climate denier

Maybe he should spend some time talking to Neil Young

Anyway Happy @sundayofaction.bsky.social everyone

@billmckibben.bsky.social

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 24d

@janeclimatepac.bsky.social

Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 24d

@sundayofaction.bsky.social: a good day to remember Robert Redford who 10 years ago was on @democracynow.org promoting alternative energy and decrying Keystone XL.

A shining example of how to use one's celebrity for the public good.

@billmckibben.bsky.social

www.democracynow.org/2015/1/29/oi...

Oil Should Stay in the Ground: Robert Redford on Republican Climate Change Deniers and Keystone XL

As we broadcast from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, we spend the hour with its founder Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning director, actor and longtime environmentalist. Our conversation...

www.democracynow.org

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 24d

@sundayofaction.bsky.social: a good day to remember Robert Redford who 10 years ago was on @democracynow.org promoting alternative energy and decrying Keystone XL.

A shining example of how to use one's celebrity for the public good.

@billmckibben.bsky.social

www.democracynow.org/2015/1/29/oi...

Oil Should Stay in the Ground: Robert Redford on Republican Climate Change Deniers and Keystone XL

As we broadcast from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, we spend the hour with its founder Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning director, actor and longtime environmentalist. Our conversation...

www.democracynow.org

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 24d

What will your sign for @sundayofaction.bsky.social say?
Here's mine:

Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant,
one of its many superpowers!
Release the Epstein Files

As a member of @thirdactorg.bsky.social which works to safeguard our climate & democracy, it seems appropriate

@billmckibben.bsky.social

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 25d

Yes, if Trump gets his way, the Constitution will become known as a pipeline in NY, named after what was once the world's longest surviving written charter of government.

@governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul

stoptheconstitutionpipeline.org

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 25d

smart new way to promote solar is to emphasize the DOL(L)AR savings in addition to, um, civilization

Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26d

Fun to spread the dolar gospel in the world capital of hydrocarbons!
(And the Houston Chronicle deserves some kudos for its serious coverage of the energy biz!)

www.houstonchronicle.com/business/ene...

Climate activist Bill McKibben to Houston: It’s solar’s time to shine

Climate activist Bill McKibben said solar power’s rapid growth is good news, even if it could be bad news for Houston’s petrochemical-reliant economy.

www.houstonchronicle.com

Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 25d

yes, bigly

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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 26d

Great fun to show a superb reporter around my corner of the world. thanks to @shankman.bsky.social

Sabrina Shankman @shankman.bsky.social · 26d

I spent some time with @billmckibben.bsky.social talking about solar energy and walked away with a feeling that I almost had forgotten about: hope.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/16/m...

Bill McKibben has been writing about climate change for decades. He thinks solar can save us. - The Boston Globe

In a new book, the legendary activist makes the case for optimism — if we work fast.

www.bostonglobe.com

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Jeff Young @jefftheyoung.bsky.social · 26d

New in @newsweek.com: As China embraces clean energy, the US retreats to fossils.

"America's going to be like a Colonial Williamsburg of internal combustion, where the rest of the world comes to gawk at how people used to live," @billmckibben.bsky.social said.
www.newsweek.com/2025/09/26/c...

China embraces cleaner energy, while US is stuck in the 20th century

As China advances renewables and the U.S. returns to fossil fuels, the power of energy technology leadership is shifting.

www.newsweek.com

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Food & Water Watch @foodandwater.bsky.social · 25d

We can't afford more pipelines!

Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 26d

@billmckibben.bsky.social
A very good fact sheet here from @foodandwater.bsky.social

As we build up to @sundayofaction.bsky.social & celebrate the power of the sun, so many places still have to fight the continued buildout of fossil fuel infrastructure🧵

www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/u...

www.foodandwaterwatch.org

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 26d

by @mikesoraghan.bsky.social
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subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

E&E News: How mass emails eroded support for a North Carolina pipeline

Williams Cos. went online to seek local backing for its Transco expansion project, but the effort may have backfired.

subscriber.politicopro.com

Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 26d

Attn: @governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul @dec.ny.gov Commissioner @amandalefton.bsky.social

@billmckibben.bsky.social's Crucial Years lays out why solar power & clean energy are the future & how Williams (NESE, Constitution pipelines) had a NC email scandal
🧵
billmckibben.substack.com/p/five-days-...

Five days out!

As we roar towards Sun Day, the official documentary debuts this morning!

billmckibben.substack.com

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 26d

source:
ieefa.org/resources/ri...

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 26d

This ⬆️ is especially true because Trump's NY pipelines will be built by Williams, known for building dangerous, illegal pipelines 💥🔥
@governor.ny.gov @amandalefton.bsky.social @dec.ny.gov
🧵

truthout.org/articles/pip...

Pipeline Companies Use Expired Materials to Cut Costs, Flouting Regulations

Pipeline companies are using materials that have sat in the sun for years and are prone to corrosion.

truthout.org

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 26d

As Kelcy Warren, CEO of Energy Transfer Partners, said in an earnings call, overbuilding is part-and-parcel of the industry (“The pipeline business will overbuild until the end of time,” Warren said).

@governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul needs to stop Trump's pipelines and accelerate solar instead. 🧵

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 26d

@billmckibben.bsky.social
A very good fact sheet here from @foodandwater.bsky.social

As we build up to @sundayofaction.bsky.social & celebrate the power of the sun, so many places still have to fight the continued buildout of fossil fuel infrastructure🧵

www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/u...

www.foodandwaterwatch.org

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 29d

@billmckibben.bsky.social:
"We only care about now—the president has an attention span of three minutes, and corporate executives can’t see past the next quarter. Whereas the Chinese are clearly thinking many decades into the future, which they plan to own"
billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-tale-of-...

A Tale of Two Countries

Two superpowers, one behaving pathetically

billmckibben.substack.com

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Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 29d

@maddow.msnbc.com @stevebenen.com @maddowblog.msnbc.com @chrislhayes.bsky.social @allinwithchris.bsky.social @velshi.com @velshimsnbc.bsky.social @jenpsaki.msnbc.com @briefingwithpsaki.bsky.social @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com @lastword.msnbc.com @60minutes.bsky.social @aoc.bsky.social

Bill Kitchen @billkitchen.bsky.social · 29d

Regarding the Epstein birthday drawing and message, why on Earth doesn't every news outlet follow up Trump saying "it's not the way I speak" with this video ⬇️

It so easily proves he's a disgusting liar

PPP...Pedophile Protecting President
#ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhsS...

Trump On Tape: I Grab Women "By The Pu**y”

YouTube video by TDC

www.youtube.com

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