Bill McKibben on Why Fossil Fuel Companies Should Pay for Climate Change Costs
Bill McKibben talks about why he hopes Gov. Hochul will sign a bill that would require fossil fuel companies to pay for damages associated with climate change. Plus, how climate activists are feeling about the presidential election.
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Show Notes
Bill McKibben, environmental activist, founder of Third Act and author of many books, most recently The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon: A Graying American Looks Back at His Suburban Boyhood and Wonders What the Hell Happened (Henry Holt and Co., 2022), talks about why he hopes Gov. Hochul will sign a bill passed by the New York State legislature earlier this year that would require fossil fuel companies to pay for damages associated with climate change. Plus, he talks about how climate activists are feeling about the presidential election, now that Kamala Harris is on the top of the Democratic ticket.