Bill McKibben is an environmentalist and founder of Third Act, an organization that encourages people over 60 to take action on climate change. He also helped to found 350.org, which was the first global grassroots climate campaign, organizing protests on every continent including Antarctica. McKibben shares his Brief But Spectacular take on working together for... Continue Reading →
Received this email from Bill McKibben to all ThirdAct members mailing list I suppose, in any event I would like to share it with you. As 2022 draws to a close, so does year one of Third Act. It’s been a momentous one—thanks to your good work, we’ve managed to accomplish big things. Just a... Continue Reading →
Subject: A Note before the New Year… (From Th!rd Act/Bill McKibben)
HSBC Bank—Europe’s biggest by total assets—announced today they would no longer provide financing for new oil and gas fields. HSBC is not a particularly virtuous enterprise—it began in Hong Kong in 1865 with an early specialty in the opium trade; earlier this year it was censured for lying about its climate change efforts in its... Continue Reading →
A Big Bank Actually Does Something Good
March 21st will be a Tuesday, it will be the best palindromic day ever…And it will be the biggest day yet in the fight to shut off the flow of cash from Big Banking to Big Oil, a fight that is may be the most important front left in the effort to keep the planet... Continue Reading →
Bill McKibben: 32123! || Big Banks are Driving the Climate Crisis, so We’re Pushing Back
Now, scientists say, life on Earth could be in trouble again, with some even saying we could be entering a sixth mass extinction. No credible scientist disputes that we are in a crisis regarding the speed at which nature is being destroyed. But could we really be on track to lose most life on Earth?... Continue Reading →
Biodiversity: What is a mass extinction and are we causing one?
A climate scorecard provides a picture of how marine life will fare as oceans become warmer, which is projected to continue over the 21st century For 20 years, captain Gail Atkinson fished out of Nova Scotia’s Cape Sable Island, just southwest of Canada’s lobster capital, Barrington Passage. Lobster Fishing Area 34, as it’s known, is... Continue Reading →
Laying the groundwork for climate-smart fisheries
Climate change has produced a number of threats to wildlife. Over time, changing rainfall patterns have transformed habitats and forced animals to move. Increasing temperatures are causing mass die-off events during heat waves and making it hard for animals to find food. Drought is recurring in parts of the continent. The increased frequency means there’s... Continue Reading →
Climate change and wildlife: 3 studies that reveal the devastating toll on Africa’s animals
Letter urges sponsors provide ‘corporate climate political influencing statements’ after 630 lobbyists attend Cop27 Senior Democratic senators have written to the head of the United Nations warning that public trust in global negotiations on climate action is at risk because of the scale of corporate lobbying – and new controls are needed. Sheldon Whitehouse of... Continue Reading →
Democratic senators warn UN secretary general of eroding public trust in Cop
TH!RD ACT – HOLIDAY
Official Title: Gather Up! We’re Sending Holiday Cards to Dirty Bank CEOs (sharing an email we received...) Throughout Third Act’s first year, you’ve heard how the big four banks—Bank of America, Chase, Citibank, and Wells Fargo—are bankrolling the climate crisis. After the banks’ infuriatingly disappointing participation in the Egypt Climate Conference, where they worked to... Continue Reading →
Filmed over four years of hope and crisis, TO THE END captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. Award-winning director Rachel Lears (Knock Down The House) follows four exceptional young women— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, activist Varshini Prakash, climate policy writer... Continue Reading →
To The End | Official Trailer | In Theaters NOW!
Will post part #2 in a few days..., however this news list is long and know that it is hand-picked as the most crucial and/or climate solutions based news articles of the last four to five weeks (going back to early November). Climate News now is very worrisome, disappointing, and now serves as a call... Continue Reading →