Author: monbiot

Double Erasure

A shocking case of denial highlights the problem that Catholics – and Pope Francis – have with history.

Nothing will change until we confront the real sources of power.

How about building bonfires without the old sofas and painted boards?

That’s what the new rules being smuggled into trade agreements are delivering.

Ill-informed and incoherent: the head of the National Trust talks nonsense on fracking.

The government is betting the farm on a nuclear technology that might soon look as hip as the traction engine.

Why do conservation groups help to keep our wildlife in a state of extreme depletion?

The real threat to the national interest comes from the rich and powerful

A week in the countryside is worth three months in a classroom.

How governments bemoan the problem but keep stoking the fires.

The governments of Britain, Canada and Australia are trying to stamp out scientific dissent.

Apple offers 21st Century technology – with 19th Century ethics.

A remarkable “mistake” by the police hints at who wields power in the UK.

The market has not solved the problem of power: it has simply given it another name.

The US disease has arrived in Britain: representatives waging an all-out war against science.

The US calls on other nations to abide by the treaties it violates.

Tony Abbott intends to trash Australia on behalf of the super-rich.

The Lake District’s bid for World Heritage status shows just what a mess conservation is in.

Could fracking prevent climate change denial?

Promoting extractive industries is seen by politicians as a proper, manly pursuit, even if it makes no sense.