National Highways is a relic of another age, unfit for purpose, driving us towards disaster. It should be scrapped. As a rule, though there are exceptions, what improves our lives are multiple small ...

Predatory corporations are making a mockery of natural climate solutions, as they grab land and bamboozle the public. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26 th January 2022. There is nothing ...

Earth systems are being rushed towards their tipping points by governments that offer us nothing but chaos. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 31 st October 2023. Can you see it yet?

The government’s plans for clean coal are another great green scam. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 18th March 2008 “Coal is so clean and fresh that the prime minister brushes his teeth ...

By appointing extremists to set the limits of free speech, the government protects powerful interests from challenge. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22 nd May 2024. It’s not hard to spot ...

The power of the very rich prevents us from addressing our two greatest existential threats. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15 th July 2023. According to Google’s news search, the media ...

The adoption of biofuels would be a humanitarian and environmental disaster. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 22nd November 2004. If human beings were without sin, we would still live in ...

Corporate lobbyists are demanding a ban on protest – and getting it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 2 nd February 2024. Why are peaceful protesters treated like terrorists, while actual ...

What will future generations, looking back on our age, see as its monstrosities? We think of slavery, the subjugation of women, judicial torture, the murder of heretics, imperial conquest and genocide ...

This is the long version of a shorter article published on the Guardian’s website When I launched my discussion with Jonathon Porritt, I did so “in the spirit of both debate and reconciliation”. I ...

Do Not Resuscitate. This tag should be attached to the oil, airline and car companies. Governments should provide financial support to their workers while refashioning the economy to provide new jobs ...

It’s because the climate crisis is now visible to everyone that governments are giving the fossil fuel industry everything it demands. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1 st August 2023. To ...