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THE GIANT FIREBALL THAT COULD SAVE US  
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David Sirota, Ariella Markowitz, Bill McKibben
September 19, 2025
The Lever
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_ America’s real-life Lorax says the climate apocalypse might be
averted after all. _

The sun sets over a oil refinery in Tarragona, Spain. , AP Photo/Manu
Fernandez

 

Today on _Lever Time_
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speaks with bestselling author Bill McKibben, who says the solar
energy revolution has reached a tipping point and, despite the Trump
administration’s best efforts, is now poised to reshape our world.

Click here [[link removed]] to learn about Sun Day, a
nationwide action this Sunday, Sept. 21, to celebrate and advocate for
solar power.

To check out McKibben’s new book, _Here Comes the Sun: A Last
Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization_, click
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DAVID SIROTA is the founder, owner, and editor-in-chief of The Lever,
David is also an Oscar-nominated writer and worked as Bernie Sanders'
presidential campaign speechwriter.

ARIELLA MARKOWITZ is an investigative audio journalist. She produced
award-winning shows for Pushkin Industries, and worked at NPR’s KQED
and KALW. Send tips via Signal: amarkowitz.58

BILL MCKIBBEN helped found 350.org, the first global grassroots
climate campaign, which has organized protests on every continent,
including Antarctica, for climate action. He played a leading role in
launching the opposition to big oil pipeline projects like Keystone
XL, and the fossil fuel divestment campaign, which has become the
biggest anti-corporate campaign in history, with endowments worth more
than $40 trillion stepping back from oil, gas and coal. He stepped
down as board chair of 350 in 2015, and left the board and stepped
down from his volunteer role as senior adviser in 2020, accepting
emeritus status. He lives in the mountains above Lake Champlain with
his wife, the writer Sue Halpern, where he spends as much time as
possible outdoors. In 2014, biologists credited his career by naming a
new species of woodland gnat—Megophthalmidia mckibbeni–in his
honor.

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