The crucial green policies missing from Labour’s manifesto. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th June 2024 It’s a story of the good, the bad and the absent. There are some strong green policies in Labour’s manifesto. It will greatly increase investment in wind and solar power, block new licences for oil and gas […]
environment and the natural world
The tricks and scams which enable the offshore owners of England’s water companies to clean up, while leaving us with their mess. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 26th April 2024 So that’s how they do it. I’d been wondering how, when more sewage has been entering our rivers than ever before, some of […]
Outside the European Union, the UK is becoming a dumping ground for toxic substances. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th March 2024 It’s a benefit of Brexit – but only if you’re a manufacturer or distributor of toxic chemicals. For the rest of us, it’s another load we have to carry on behalf […]
Here are the big green policies Labour should adopt. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th February 2024 I’m as likely to be selected for the national gymnastics team. But bear with me awhile, to imagine that, like David Cameron, I’m about to be wafted by the UK’s fairytale political system from my garden […]
The meat industry’s misinformation tactics are even worse than the fossil fuel industry’s. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th December 2023 Everything that makes campaigning against fossil fuels difficult is 10 times harder when it comes to opposing livestock farming. Here you will find a similar suite of science denial, misinformation and greenwashing. […]
Toxic chemicals deliberately added to sewage are being spread across a vast area of farmland, with potentially catastrophic effects. We’re suing the government to stop it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th November 2023 It’s an experiment with 8 billion test subjects, no controls and no endpoint. What happens when you release thousands […]
Earth systems are being rushed towards their tipping points by governments that offer us nothing but chaos. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 31st October 2023 Can you see it yet? The Earth systems horizon – the point at which our planetary systems tip into a new equilibrium, hostile to most lifeforms? I think […]
The mass release and shooting of pheasants trashes our ecosystems – and our humanity. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 6th October 2023 It’s one of the bluntest expressions of class power in the United Kingdom. Like all expressions of class power, it has become normalised until we treat it as a fixed fact […]
The remarkable story behind the disciplining of a major charity shows how power really works. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th September 2023 Economic power seldom needs to discipline those who might challenge it. Most of the time, they do it to themselves. However extreme the ideologies promoted by corporations and oligarchs, organisational […]
My very amateur photos of some magnificant creatures in the French Alps. By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com 31st August 2023 All these pictures were taken on my phone in August, in the Massif des Cerces. Clouded yellow: The enormous Violet carpenter bee: Meadow fritillary: Juvenile Great green bush cricket: Common blue: Furry blue: Rose […]