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A rapid end to burning fossil fuel would arrest the heating that has caused extreme damage in recent weeks; and that rapid end is possible, Bill McKibben writes.
Bill McKibben
Bill McKibben is a contributing writer at The New Yorker focussing on climate policy. His books include “ Here Comes the Sun: A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization ” (August, 2025).
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With wildfires, heat waves, and rising sea levels, large tracts of the earth are at risk of becoming uninhabitable, but the fossil-fuel industry continues its assault on the facts, Bill McKibben writes.