Across the UK, our rivers are being
turned into filthy, dead gutters, at astonishing, heartbreaking speed.
By George Monbiot, published in the
Guardian 12th August 2020
You can judge the state of a nation by the state of its
rivers. Pollution is the physical expression of corruption. So what should we
conclude about a country whose rivers are systematically exploited, dumped on
and bled dry?
The great
majority of people do not want to return to business-as-usual after the
pandemic, but our governments are determined to make us do so.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd July 2020
Coronavirus deals
worth billions of bounds have been awarded by the government to “unusual”
companies, without advertising or competition.
By George Monbiot,
published in the Guardian 15th July 2020
How did wildlife
groups start collaborating in the destruction of nature?
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th June 2020
History, as the government tells it, is one long lie, airbrushing a
host of atrocities.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 17th June
2020
The government intends
to use a US trade deal to bypass democracy, override Parliament and rip down our
public protections.
By George Monbiot,
published in the Guardian 10th June 2020
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom is not so much a democratic leader as a monarch with a five-year term.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 3rd June 2020
The disastrous collapse of the UK’s pandemic response has been caused by the deliberate evisceration of our health services. Worse is coming.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27th
May 2020
The government
knowingly and deliberately de-prepared the UK, even as the pandemic began to
bite.
By George
Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th May 2020
Ecology and Earth systems, from which all life flows, should be at
the heart of learning.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th May
2020