Hard Graft
Britain is not corrupt? Only through a ridiculously narrow framing of what corruption is.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th March 2015
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Ringbarking the Tree of Life
The destruction of cultural treasures by ISIS has parallels in ecological cleansing around the world.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 12th March 2015
Journalists are meant to be able to watch and read dispassionately: to face horror with equanimity. I have never acquired this skill, and I know I’m not the only one. It’s true that we seek out bad news, but there is some news that many of us find hard to face.
Applauding Themselves to Death
Why the UN climate talks have wasted 23 years, and how this can change.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11th March 2015
Slip Sliding Away
Is the killing of trees the link between this great rail disaster and 2014’s floods?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th February
Hope Among the Ruins
An astonishing money creation scheme from the 1930s that could help to save the Greek economy.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th February 2015
Unremitting Pain
The US government, it seems, couldn’t care less if it causes a humanitarian catastrophe in one of the world’s poorest nations.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 11th February 2015
A Shock to the System
A new form of marine mass destruction is outrageously being justified by the EU and its member states in the name of “scientific research”.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 9th February 2015
Lost in the 21st Century
Consumerism has broken its promise. Perhaps now we can begin to reconnect.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th February 2015
Peak Squirrel
How to eradicate grey squirrels without firing a shot – an astonishing tale of ecological restoration.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website 20th January 2015
Is there anything more stupid than the government’s plan to kill grey squirrels?
A State Licence to Rob the Public
The government has torpedoed its promised community energy revolution – to the benefit of big business.
By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 23rd January 2015