George Monbiot

I’ve broken down on TV too, trying to explain the horror of the climate crisis to those who wield power and do nothing

Like humanity, wildlife knows no boundaries. Stopping people moving also carves up habitats, driving species to extinction

At Cop26 the wealthy countries cast themselves as saviours, yet their efforts are hopelessly inadequate and will prolong the injustice   The story of the past 500 years can be crudely summarised…

Instead of focusing on ‘micro consumerist bollocks’ like ditching our plastic coffee cups, we must challenge the pursuit of wealth and level down, not up There is a myth about human beings that…

It is simply not possible to carry on at the current level of economic activity without destroying the environment

New infrastructure projects are all the rage, post-pandemic. But who benefits from a rising tide of concrete?

Thinktanks such as Policy Exchange are working to shift power away from state institutions – into the prime minister’s office. To accumulate power, a government with authoritarian tendencies must…

Across the UK, once thriving waterways are being wiped out by farming and water companies. You can judge the state of a nation by the state of its rivers. Pollution is the physical expression of…

Chlorinated chicken is just the start. The government intends to rip up food standards, public services and public protections

Denial never dies; it just goes quiet and waits. Today, after years of irrelevance, the climate science deniers are triumphant. Long after their last, desperate claims had collapsed, when they had…

This crisis is a chance to rebuild our economy for the good of humanity. Let’s bail out the living world, not its destroyers Do Not Resuscitate. This tag should be attached to the oil, airline and…

Businesses should be liable for the harm they do. Polly Higgins has launched a push to make ecocide an international crime. Why do we wait until someone has passed away before we honour them? I…