Pumping water from one messed-up catchment to another solves nothing. We need to fix our problems at source.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd March 2023
It’s a classic end-of-pipe solution. Rather than addressing the problem at source, it piles one problem upon another. Yet, like so many disastrous schemes, it is now developing a momentum of its own. The political capital being invested in this project threatens to make it the next HS2.
Yes, Putin and his henchmen should be prosecuted for war crimes. So should those who led the invasion of Iraq.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th March 2023
Claims that cattle ranching sequesters carbon and restores ecosystems have been used in highly effective marketing campaigns by the livestock industry. Just one problem: they’re greenwash.
By George Monbiot.
Russell Brand’s grim trajectory shows us where politics is heading
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th March 2023
A gulf in public understanding prevents us from seeing how and why our food supply is at risk.
By George Monbiot. This is my written submission to the Environmental Audit Committee’s inquiry on Environmental Change and Food Security, 3rd March 2023
A self-perpetuating political spiral is blocking the easier ways of preventing environmental collapse.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 9th December 2022
What the government has done to NHS Dentistry is what it wants to do to the rest of our public services.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 2nd March 2023
Environmental protesters are forbidden to explain their motivations to juries, making a mockery of justice.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22nd February 2023
To tell “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth”: this is the oath defendants in an English court must take. But when David Nixon sought to do so, he was sent to jail.
This senseless lawsuit could bankrupt the Labour party and let the Tories win again.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th February 2023.
You might imagine that nothing could prevent a Labour victory at the next election. The Conservatives could scarcely have done more to alienate voters and destroy public trust. Everyone knows that in this ridiculous first-past-the-post system, the only party in a position to replace them is Labour. Many will vote accordingly.
There’s a legal means of creating a pandemic that could kill millions.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th February 2023