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National Highways is a relic of another age, unfit for purpose, driving us towards disaster. It should be scrapped. As a rule, though there are exceptions, what improves our lives are multiple small ...
Could Trump and Musk be seeking to end our time on Earth? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5 th March 2025 In thinking about the war being waged against life on Earth by Donald Trump, Elon ...
State-sponsored rape, lies and deception – then a cover-up operating right across official life. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28 th November 2024 It’s the testimony we’ve long been ...
Hidden in the detail of the UK’s carbon capture and storage scheme are unlimited financial liabilities and huge environmental costs. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 11 th October 2024 ...
The livestock industry is furiously lobbying to shut down alternatives, and tame politicians are giving it what it wants. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22 nd August 2024 For many years, ...
An interview with The Ink, about where we are, how we got here and where we need to go. George Monbiot, interviewed by The Ink, 9th July 2024 TI: Can you walk us through how you define neoliberalism” ...
The appalling mistreatment of ME/CFS patients continues, based on the myth that it’s all in the mind. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 12 th March 2024 It’s the greatest medical scandal of ...
Farmers’ protests are being embraced by the far right. The precedents are chilling. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19 th January 2024 When environmental activists calling for less ...
The meat industry’s misinformation tactics are even worse than the fossil fuel industry’s. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14 th December 2023 Everything that makes campaigning against ...
How economic power leads inexorably to environmental destruction. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 29 th November 2023 Don’t they have children? Don’t they have grandchildren? Don’t rich ...
The remarkable story behind the disciplining of a major charity shows how power really works. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8 th September 2023 Economic power seldom needs to discipline ...