It’s no coincidence that most of those who are obsessed with population growth are post-reproductive wealthy white men: it’s about the only environmental issue for which they can’t be blamed. The brilliant earth systems scientist James Lovelock, for example, claimed last month that “those who fail to ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot last month, about Children and Families, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Finance & Money, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development (2 comments)
Twenty-five years after the Bhopal gas leak killed thousands, there has been no cleanup of the site – and Indians continue to die horribly We all know what the world's worst industrial disaster was: the gas leak from the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal in central India. On the night ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in September, about Air Quality, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Environmental Disasters, Events, Finance & Money, Health, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Population, Poverty & Development
So there will be no reckoning. There will be no firm restraint, no punishment, no measure sufficient to prevent a repetition of the crash. The only people who will not be harmed by the banking crisis are the bankers who caused it. At the G20 meeting in London on Saturday ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in September, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Economics, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Politics & Government
We need a radical new approach to cutting greenhouse gases, and it might have arrived. At least - until a few months ago - government targets for cutting greenhouse gases had the virtue of being wrong. They were the wrong targets, by the wrong dates, and they bore no relationship to the ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in September, about Air Quality, Climate Change, Coal & Oil, Consumerism, Economics, Emissions, Events, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Pollution, Poverty & Development (2 comments)
I set out to catch all my own fish, and live the wild life again. Kayaking saved me. Living in Oxford, without a car, I felt throttled by the ringroad, the city’s concrete necklace. I was heartsick, dried up, deprived of nature. At weekends I would explore the city ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in August, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Agriculture & Food, Alternative, Cohousing, & Off-Grid Living, Consumerism, Environment & Wildlife, Food, Health, Lifestyle & Behavior, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
Courtesy of Monbiot.com: Is it paranoia, or are they really out to get us? Most of the time it’s paranoia. Every week I’m approached by people whispering about vapour trails from planes being used to control our minds, free energy devices suppressed by oil companies or missile ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in August, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Economics, Education, Events, Finance & Money, Politics & Government (1 comment)
Here is the simple mathematical reason why large scale carbon offsets can’t work by George Monbiot Well at least that clears up the mystery. Over the past year I’ve been fretting over an intractable contradiction. The government has promised spectacular cuts in greenhouse gas emissions. It is also ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in July, about Carbon Trading, Economics, Emissions, Politics & Government
Why have government agencies been paying to increase the number of flights? By George Monbiot Here’s an odd thing. Air travel to and from the United Kingdom has plummeted. Several small airlines have gone bust; British Airways has deployed its landing gear. In some respects, according to the industry ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in July, about Climate Change, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, Transport
What would we be doing now if we took climate change seriously? Last week the government released a report on the likely temperature changes in the United Kingdom(1). It shows that life at the end of this century will bear no relationship to life at the beginning. It should ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in June, about Children and Families, Climate Change, Economics, Education, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Politics & Government, War
The 300 year colonial adventure is over at last, which is why Britain is in political crisis. Why now? It’s not as if this is the first time our representatives have been caught out. The history of governments in all countries is the history of scandal, as those who ... keep reading
Written by George Monbiot in June, about Climate Change, Consumerism, Economics, Education, Finance & Money, Industry & Business, Lifestyle & Behavior, Philosophy & Religion, Politics & Government, Population, Poverty & Development, War
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