Fossil fuel companies walk away from the lands they have devastated, often without paying a penny to restore them.
Author: monbiot
Fantasy Farming
Bucolic fairytales are a threat to life on Earth.
The Oubliette
No one seeks to justify the indefinite imprisonment of people who should have been released years ago. Yet it continues.
False Alarms
Using entirely bogus pretexts, the police are deploying oppressive new laws to shut down peaceful protest.
Down the Drain
Sewage pollution by the water companies is just one of the deadly attacks on our rivers.
Careful Now
Should we blow up pipelines?
Wealth of Nature
How has Costa Rica managed to restore its natural wonders, while big, rich nations fail?
Arsonists
This government runs on dirty money. That’s why it’s torching the planet.
Pipe Dream
Pumping water from one messed-up catchment to another solves nothing. We need to fix our problems at source.
The Perpetrators
Yes, Putin and his henchmen should be prosecuted for war crimes. So should those who led the invasion of Iraq.
Meatwashing
Claims that cattle ranching sequesters carbon and restores ecosystems have been used in highly effective marketing campaigns by the livestock industry. Just one problem: they’re greenwash.
Off Brand
Russell Brand’s grim trajectory shows us where politics is heading
The Hunger Gap
A gulf in public understanding prevents us from seeing how and why our food supply is at risk.
Hard Landing
A self-perpetuating political spiral is blocking the easier ways of preventing environmental collapse.
Lying Through Their Teeth
What the government has done to NHS Dentistry is what it wants to do to the rest of our public services.
Silence in Court
Environmental protesters are forbidden to explain their motivations to juries, making a mockery of justice.
Uncivil War
This senseless lawsuit could bankrupt the Labour party and let the Tories win again.
How to Build a Bioweapon
There’s a legal means of creating a pandemic that could kill millions.
So What Would You Do?
Those who dismiss this solution to the greatest threat to Earth systems have a duty to propose a better one. So where is it?
Covid Roulette
Your next infection could be the one that permanently disables you.