National Geographic Magazine Publishes Special Energy Issue

In an opening essay, Bill McKibben, author of "Deep Economy" and "The End of Nature," takes a close look at the problem of global warming and examines why we must reduce the vast amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere each year. "Global warming is not a problem for the future; it's a crisis for the moment," he writes. In order to limit CO2 to a level the planet can handle (its 98.6 degrees, so to speak), McKibben reports that we need to stop burning coal anywhere on the planet by 2030. And unless fundamental shifts are under way in the next three years, climate change could take on an irrevocable life of its own.

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In a move that could only come straight out of Hollywood, environmental groups are trying to block the construction of solar farms in California’s Mojave Desert.