MCKIBBEN AND TAMMINEN: DISRUPTIVE CLIMATE AND POLITICS BILL MCKIBBEN, Founder, 350.org TERRY TAMMINEN, CEO, Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation
Environmental activist Bill McKibben, who supported Bernie Sanders in the Democratic presidential primary, recalled a moment in a primary debate when the candidates were asked what the most important issue in the world was. Bernie’s answer? “Climate change – as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, which it is,” McKibben remembered. Still, in the 2016 election, climate change took a back seat. Terry Tamminen remembered when Republicans and Democrats agreed on addressing climate
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