Author: monbiot

Land of Impunity

Politicians and government contractors now seem to be able to get away with almost anything.

The Shooting Party

As the food queues lengthen, the government is giving our money to the super-rich.

Brilliance and Bunkum

The terrible howlers in James Lovelock’s new book show that genius is no defence against being wrong.

Reframing the Planet

People who think they are protecting nature by costing it are stepping straight into the destroyers’ trap.

Loved to Death

By embracing their critics and colonising governments, corporations engineer a world of conformity and consumerism.

Loss Adjustment

When people say we should adapt to climate change, do they have any idea what that means?

Destroyer of Worlds

New research suggests there was no state of grace: for two million years humankind has been the natural world’s nemesis.

The Biogas Disaster

How the perverse consequences of a great idea are destroying the natural world.

All Give and No Take

Do those negotiating the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership have any interest in democracy? Here’s a test.

Torpedoed

The results of a crowd-sourcing appeal prove that Discovery Channel engaged in fakery.

Up Sh*t Creek

Tracing the UK’s floods back to their source – in a canoe.

Jumping the Shark

Misleading claims by Discovery and other channels help to fuel wildlife massacres.

Muddying the Waters

How the government’s farming policies have produced a perfectly designed system for flooding your home.

Terrorism or Heroism?

If you join foreign conflicts you’re prosecuted as a terrorist, however just your cause.

Bring It On

Did an undercover policeman help to instigate a major riot?