Author: monbiot

Thinking Like a Forest

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.

Why are almost all the trees that councils plant exotic species?

We’re just beginning to understand the wider impacts of neonicotinoids.

De-extinction sounds like a great idea. But there’s a problem most people have overlooked.

My manifesto for the rewilding of people and planet.

Lobbying results in old and dirty technologies being maintained long beyond their useful life.

A radical challenge to British conservation and its bizarre priorities.