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BOOK REVIEW: Here Comes the Sun – A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization By Bill McKibben

Posted on October 10, 2025 by Editor

By Neal Lemery

This new book is an insightful and wholistic look at our planet’s climate crisis and the innovations in solar and wind energy to transform our energy needs and abilities to reduce carbon emissions. In this well-written, fast paced and instructive book, the reader is well-informed on economic forces, technology, and innovative approaches to greatly reduce our dependency on petroleum and replace it with cheap, available solar and wind power resources.

McKibben is well informed and does both his field work and his conversations with a wide range of experts and leaders in progressive thinking, as well as sharing “boots on the ground” experiences with people from all over the world. He offers insights, and suggestions for changing our thinking and our utilization of energy sources, with a great deal of common sense. He makes this exploration fascinating, and challenges us to approach energy resources and climate change with new approaches and fresh applications of science and technology.

The reader gains insight and a sense of hopefulness, with the book being a positive approach to difficult challenges and crisis management. I learned a lot and came away with greater understanding of our challenges and our abilities to take on and solve challenging problems.

As Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs The Climate, says, “Trust Bill McKibben to find light in the darkness – and oh what a light it is. This is the energizing vision and game plan so many of us have been waiting for, and of course it comes from one of our era’s most imaginative and trusted voices.”

—Neal Lemery

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