#1606 – Bill McKibben

The Book Show

Apr 30 2019 | 00:30:00

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Show Notes

Bill McKibben, often referred to as “America’s most important environmentalist,” thirty years ago offered one of the earliest warnings about climate change in his book, “The End of Nature.” Now he broadens the warning: the entire human game, he suggests, has begun to play itself out. The new book is “Falter.” This is an Off the […]

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