For decades, author, educator, environmentalist and activist Bill McKibben has been telling us things we don’t want to hear — presenting scary scorched Earth scenarios due to carbon emissions in the atmosphere. Unlike many other climate experts, he also is leading a global grass roots campaign to try to stop this from happening. His initiative, 350.org, is a global call to action to solve the climate crisis.

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Brad Warner, professor of pediatric surgery, 66
Julian Fleischman, associate professor emeritus, 91
William D. Owens, MD, professor emeritus of anesthesiology, 85