Press Coverage

Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben was quoted in this piece on ABC News about the 350.org campaign to get solar panels back on the White House.

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But with climate change legislation at a standstill as Congress races to complete other big items before its August recess – including the Elena Kagan nomination, unemployment benefits and the war funding bill – some environmental activists say the move is not enough.

"People are very tired of the fact that, for the 20 years that we've known about climate change, Congress has essentially done nothing," said Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org, an international climate change action group.

McKibben and his group took matters into their own hands last week with the launch of "Put Solar On It!," an online campaign that petitions world leaders to install solar panels on their residences on Oct. 10, 2010. The date coincides with the group's Global Work Party, a day of international greening projects.

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