Soil carbon markets are going to collapse. And that’s a good thing.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st November 2024
These people are prepared to destroy everything, as long as they can command the ruins.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th November 2024
In my last post on this blog, which was written almost two months ago, I stated that while I hadn’t posted anything for about a month, I was ‘getting back into it’1. That was overly optimistic.
Prosper Australia today released new research examining Australia’s resource royalties. Australian states could capture an additional $14.5 billion in revenue each year by moving to a more flexible royalty model with variable rates that adjust to market conditions.
Trump’s win is a return to the default state of centralised, hierarchical societies – like ours. That’s the problem.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 7th November 2024
Elon Musk threatens to do to democracy what he did to Twitter.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 2nd November 2024
This is what you are voting for if you vote for Donald Trump.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 29th October 2024
Dear US voters,
in the spirit in which I would beg a dear friend not to get a facial tattoo, I’m writing to ask you not to vote for Donald Trump. While the decision to do so would make a statement, signalling your justifiable anger about the pain you have suffered, it is likely to disfigure you, damage your life chances and prove irreversible.
A horrible illness has been widely neglected, thanks in part to the influence of a cruel and bizarre cult.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th October 2024
How could this happen in the 21st century? The question could apply to many issues, but this one sends you reeling. A brilliant and lively young woman with a common illness was repeatedly disbelieved, dismissed and given inappropriate treatment, until she starved to death. It is a terrible result of the most remarkable situation I’ve ever encountered in either medicine or journalism.
Prosper Australia has expressed strong concerns over the Allan Labor Government’s recent announcement of 50 new activity centres across Victoria, citing the absence of any form of Land Value Capture (LVC) mechanism as a missed opportunity to ensure fairness and economic sustainability.
Hidden in the detail of the UK’s carbon capture and storage scheme are unlimited financial liabilities and huge environmental costs.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th October 2024