we're joined by bill mckibben of 350.org and christian parenti. as just voted for montter of the year, author of "eaarth: making a life on a tough new planet." he joins us via videostream from his home in vermont christian parenti is author of, "tropic of chaos: climate change and the new geography of violence." we welcome you both to "democracy now!" you, bill. with can you lay out this campaign that 350.org has launched around the country? >> sure. let me say, in this case, 350 and the other groups we're working with are more of the vector than the virus. these are release students and campuses around the country and others following their lead the mayor of seattle, religious denominations. people no longer want to be profiting from the wreckage of the climate, and to understand not that we can bankrupt exxon -- we cannot -- but we can put a ding in their public image, that we can begin to do to them that say happened to the tobacco industry. that is the reason i think desmond tutu was so pleased to hear this work was going on. he filmed a video

bill mckibben was right. it becomes an economic issue at its fundamental core. i think the public is starting to see that and i think they're ahead of the politicians on this one. >> john: fighting climate change is good capitalism. tina you don't pew editor in chief of the contributor. joe williamss, thank you both for joining me this evening. >> thank you. >> john: now that ultra conservatives have failed, we'll see their new strategy to fail again in the exact same wayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayayay d get. >> i'm an extremely loving, passionate man and people who investigate me honestly without the baggage of political correctness ascertain the conclusion that i'm a damn nice guy and if you can find a screening process more powerful than that, [ bleep ] how's that sound? >> john: that's a guy who does no drugs. that's reserved compared to what sean hannity and mitt romney's bff said this week. coming up, ted [ ryon ] eating shrimp at red lobster is a fantastic experience. 30 shrimp for $11.99. i can't imagine anything better. you're get

environmentalist like bill mckibben call it a ticking time bomb for the environment. and nasa scientists james hansen one of the most respected scientists on earth and one of the leading experts on the planet on global climate change calls completion of the pipeline quote game over for the planet and quote actually the plan will be just fine it's game over for us. so again why is construction of this pipeline allowed to continue. why would a foreign corporation push so hard that people like seventy eight year old great grandmother eleanor fairchild an actress daryl hannah were arrested last october for trespassing on their on her own property as she tried to stop trans canada's bulldozers from repeat a hole through her three hundred acre ranch. why is the state of texas allowing a foreign corporation. to seize privately owned texans land through eminent domain to build an oil pipeline when in two thousand the state transfer to predation department for bid the use of eminent domain to build new one roads across texas. and why is it that we've allowed this foreign corpo

environmentalist like bill mckibben call it a ticking time bomb for the environment. and nasa scientists james hansen one of the most respected scientists on earth and one of the leading experts on the planet on global climate change calls completion of the pipeline quote game over for the planet and quote actually the plan will be just fine it's game over for us. so again why is construction of this pipeline allowed to continue. why would a foreign corporation push so hard that people like seventy eight year old great grandmother eleanor fairchild an actress daryl hannah were arrested last october for trespassing on their on her own property as she tried to stop trans canada's bulldozers from repeat a hole through her three hundred acre ranch. why is the state of texas allowing a foreign corporation to seize privately owned texans land through eminent domain to build an oil pipeline when in two thousand the state trance to predation apartment for bill the use of eminent domain to build new one roads across texas. and why is it that we've allowed this foreign corporat