With the Trump administration’s attack on America’s climate and environmental protections getting more extreme by the day, it’s easy to feel like there is no path forward for effective climate action in the United States. But Bill McKibben, the longtime environmentalist and journalist, says that’s only what the fossil fuel industry wants you to believe. For the last few years, Bill has been immersed in reporting a book on the global solar energy revolution—and he’s convinced this is possible right here, right now. To move the needle on climate progress, he proposes bringing together a broad coalition of Americans to pressure local and state governments to loosen choking regulations on rooftop solar, the cheapest energy source on Earth. In an interview with HEATED, Bill explains why a U.S. rooftop solar renaissance is entirely possible in this political climate; why it’ll be wildly effective in the fight against climate change; and why its success will be the fossil fuel industry’s worst nightmare. He also pitches a national day of action to celebrate the power and potential of solar and wind—Sun Day.
