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Chat transcript: Environmentalist Bill McKibben

Posted by Glenn Yoder, Lifestyle producer May 9, 2008 02:30 PM

This afternoon, environmentalist and ecology writer Bill McKibben took your questions on green issues. Read the transcript here.

Bill McKibben is a writer and environmentalist whose books include "The End of Nature.'' A Lexington native, McKibben edited the just-published "American Earth'' (Library of America) an anthology of enduring ecological writing, and has launched 350.org, an effort to focus world attention on reducing the rising amount of carbon in our atmosphere.

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  1. Hey,
    I am 12 years old. I have always been looking for reasons why god would make us suffer this pain but then i realized god had nothing to do with it, it was our huge mistake. I know people ask why? But it's them causing it. I hope that i can change the earth and im going to. I am going to be an environmental bioligest sounds good to me. I know there is a solution and im looking and one day im going to do it one step by 1. Britt

    Posted by Brittany June 1, 08 06:45 PM
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