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Reclaim the Cyber-Commons
The internet is being captured by organised trolls. It’s time we fought back.
Impervious to Learning
David Rose appears to have learnt nothing from his catastrophic mistakes before the Iraq war.
The Great Ventriloquist
Why is a former Greenpeace activist siding with Indonesia’s logging industry?
Ground 56%
The government has abandoned its sustainable homes policy – by redefining zero.
The UK’s Odious Debts
Many PFI deals were undemocratic and against the national interest. It’s time we stopped honouring them.
Spreading the White Plague
The governments of both the UK and Wales could almost be trying to turn bovine TB into a pandemic.
A Charming Falsehood
While pressing Stewart Brand to admit he was wrong, it seems that I might have stumbled across a new tactic in the corporate propaganda war.
The Lax Tax Pact
How Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs surrendered to the tax avoiders
Is Stewart Brand the New Ian Plimer?
Despite challenging the environmental movement to admit when it gets things wrong, he seems unable to do so himself.
Correspondence with Stewart Brand
Here are the emails Stewart Brand and I have sent to each other
Deep Peace in Techno-Utopia
A new film on Channel 4 disses the greens while dodging the issue of power.
A Ghost Agreement
Everyone agrees that the new declaration on biodiversity is a triumph. Just one snag: it doesn’t appear to exist.
The Press Gang
How to make and store your own apple juice.
Toxic Brew
The Tea Parties didn’t arise spontaneously: they were boiled up by big business.
Britain’s Shock Doctrine
The economic crisis is the disaster the Conservatives have been praying for. Now they can reshape the economy on corporate lines.
A Planet in Square Brackets
The draft global plan for saving biodiversity contains no firm proposals at all.
The Values of Everything
Progressive causes are failing: here’s how they could be turned around
The Aliens Are Coming
We appear to be incapable of dealing with invasive species while there’s still time.
Saving Species
Here are the biodiversity challenges we’ll be pressing governments to meet