John,
I'm off at a meeting about banks and climate change--we're trying to figure out how to build on the success of the divestment campaign and interrupt the flow of money to the fossil fuel industry. Fighting the bad guys is what we do.
But sometimes amidst that work it's easy to lose sight of what we're working for. I wrote this piece with my colleague Tamara Toles O'Laughlin, who runs 350's North America work. It talks about our vision for the future, which includes taking care of those people and communities hit hardest by the climate crisis. I think 'climate reparations' is a term we'll hear a lot of going forward, and I wanted you to read this early account of what it means.
Click here to read the new article I co-wrote with Tamara Toles O'Laughlin about why Big Oil needs to pay for the harm done to our communities and climate. Then, share it with your friends and network to help us popularize this idea.
And I wanted to say thanks to you for helping make this vision of a new world plausible, with all your hard work. On we go!
Bill McKibben
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