Exclusive interview: Bill McKibben warns Big Oil to change its fossilized ways

The noted environmentalist says driving institutional divestment away from fossil fuels is the best way to slow global warming The global effort to combat climate change has reached a critical point, says veteran climate change activist and author Bill McKibben. The surge in institutional divestment coupled with the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has wrought heavy damage to the fossil fuel industry. The oil, coal, and gas sectors have been further discredited by a new U.S. Energy Information Administration report that shows renewable energy is already surpassing coal in…