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McKibben: Solar power actually is making a difference
Bill McKibben's new book, Here Comes the Sun, details the rapid shift toward solar and wind power unfolding across the globe, as well as how embracing solar power can provide an opportunity to tackle the climate crisis and reorder the world’s power systems.
Photo courtesy of Bill McKibben
August 21, 2025
“We now live on a planet where the cheapest way to produce energy is to point a sheet of glass at the sun, and that’s a huge change.”
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