How the government learnt absolutely nothing from the recent floods.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 7th January 2016
Those of you with memories longer than a week will be aware that Britain experienced a degree of hydrological inconvenience in December. You know: 16,000 homes inundated, £5bn of damage, that kind of thing. I vaguely recall that it made the news once or twice.
An ability to contest the circumstances of our birth is an essential element of our humanity.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 6th January 2016
How public money and crazy policies speed water off the land and into our homes
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 30th December 2015
These floods were not just predictable. They were predicted. There were clear and specific warnings that the management of land upstream of the towns now featuring in the news would lead to disaster.
The joints of meat that do more damage than a long-haul flight
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd December 2015
Rewilding, hillwalking and the extraordinary history of these islands.
George Monbiot, interviewed by Dan Bailey for UKHillwalking.com, 11th December 2015
What would a natural upland habitat have looked like in Britain before humans started having the dominant influence?
The remarkable decline in violence between humans suggests that we could also restrain our violence against the planet.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th December 2015
The COP21 climate talks in Paris were not the success that governments claim, but a disastrous failure.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 12th December 2015
By comparison to what it could have been, it’s a miracle. By comparison to what it should have been, it’s a disaster.
Censoring official advice, stripping the hills and rivers, the government ensures that disasters like the Cumbria floods will keep recurring.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th December 2015
There are plenty of real problems with aircraft emissions. But thousands of people are obsessed instead with a fairy tale.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website 4th December 2015
You spend years trying to get people to take an interest in aircraft emissions. Then at last the issue gets picked up – but in the most perverse way possible.
Why is the government so quick to bomb, yet so slow to act on climate change?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 2nd December 2015