Author: monbiot

Enough Already

There is no point at which those who accumulate money become satisfied.

Amazingly, the UK government has not defined the precautionary principle and appears to have no idea what it is.

How government science advisers misrepresent science.

If the “hardest-worked river in the world” can recover to this extent, almost anything is possible.

Devolving policy to “the market” doesn’t solve the problem of power. It makes it worse.

The case for banning advertisements aimed at children is overwhelming.

We have offshored both our consumption and our perceptions

Why are 97% of our rivers shut to the public? A millionaire minister’s amazing conflicts of interest give you a clue.

Our record-breaking petition has been dismissed as a stunt by the minister it targets. But it has a serious purpose.

Here’s one of the big ideas we need to fight the power of the elite.

The line that separates the public from the private sphere is arbitrary, but fiercely policed.

An argument with Boris Johnson at the Copenhagen climate summit.

Highlights from a furious argument with the climate change denier Ian Plimer.

An explosive argument with David Bellamy about climate change.