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Bill McKibben: One big thing is going right

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For 40 years, environmentalist and author Bill McKibben has chronicled the worsening climate crisis and politicians' failure to stop it. But now, for the first time, he says he can actually see a path forward. We ask him what that path looks like – and what still threatens to derail it.
5 Dec 2025 English Germany Society & Culture · Health & Fitness

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