Pathological consumption has become so normalised that we scarcely notice it.
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The Heart of the Matter
This is by far the most interesting and challenging debate about nuclear power I have had to date.
The Mind Thieves
The evidence linking Alzheimer’s disease to the food industry is strong and growing.
Hunger Games
The rich world is causing the famines it claims to be preventing.
The Estate We’re In
Thanks to an aristocratic minister, state spending is being used to support pheasant shoots and destroy birds of prey.
It’s the Rich Wot Gets the Pleasure
Population is much less of a problem than consumption. No wonder the rich are obsessed by it.
Going Critical
How the Fukushima disaster taught me to stop worrying and embrace nuclear power.
Britain’s Shock Doctrine
The economic crisis is the disaster the Conservatives have been praying for. Now they can reshape the economy on corporate lines.
Saving Species
Here are the biodiversity challenges we’ll be pressing governments to meet
Towering Lunacy
Green enthusiasm for vertical farms shows that no one is untouched by magical thinking.
The Man Who Wants to Northern Rock the Planet
Matt Ridley’s irrational theories remain unchanged by his own disastrous experiment.
Death Denial
Why the sudden surge in climate change denial? Could it be about something else altogether?
Should We Seek to Save Industrial Civilisation?
A debate with Paul Kingsnorth
Flying Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
How did Marxist class warriors end up fighting for the bosses’ right to fly?
This Is What Denial Does
The economic crisis is petty by comparison to the nature crunch. But they have the same cause.
Manufactured Famine
A new wave of food colonialism is snatching food from the mouths of the poor.
Picking Up the Gauntlet
Arthur Scargill has challenged me to a duel. Name your date, sir.
The Pleasures of the Flesh
If you care about hunger, eat less meat.
What Is Progress?
The numbers show that this should be the real question at the Bali talks.
The Road Well Travelled
Are we already shutting our minds to the consequences of climate change?