Perhaps we could call it wink murder. When people become desensitised by ironic calls for violence, the difference between a humorous position and an ideological conviction can begin to break down.

A massive new road scheme will solve precisely nothing, while costing the Earth.

Keir Starmer’s attack on our planning system is an almost-perfect repeat of Boris Johnson’s disaster. Why can’t he see that?

This new legislation is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems in living memory.

Labour’s housing strategy makes a dysfunctional system bigger. We need systemic change.

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.

Why do the mass killers of the fossil fuel industry walk free while the heroes trying to stop them are imprisoned? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1 st October 2024 The sentences were ...

It’s ridiculous that governments leave it to people like me to communicate the need for environmental action.

Labour must repeal the laws that led to shockingly disproportionate prison sentences for environmental protesters. As we approach the Earth systems horizon, governments and corporations have gone to ...

Oligarchy is the default state of politics, and it is surging back. How do we stop it? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27 th June 2024 We are about to return to normal politics. After 14 ...