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 ...

Those of us who try to defend wildlife are horribly familiar with bad laws. But we’ve never seen anything like this. The government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill is the worst assault on England’s ...

Trump’s assaults on governance could trigger systemic collapse. Here’s how it might happen, and how we can prepare. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18 th February 2025. Though we might ...

It’s the testimony we’ve long been waiting for. On Monday, at the undercover policing inquiry, the man whose cruel and disgusting deceptions have come to epitomise the “spy cops” scandal will be ...

Soil carbon markets are going to collapse. And that’s a good thing. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21 st November 2024. We now face, on all fronts, a war not just against the living ...

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.

An astonishing thing is happening at sea, but the government, backed by an entire “scientific” discipline, seems determined to stifle it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27 th September ...

It’s ridiculous that governments leave it to people like me to communicate the need for environmental action. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28 th August 2024. There are several services ...

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 deep and crucial reason why Trump could win again. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 29 th January 2024. Many explanations are proposed for the continued rise of Donald Trump, and the ...

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 ...