National Highways is a relic of another age, unfit for purpose, driving us towards disaster. It should be scrapped. As a rule, though there are exceptions, what improves our lives are multiple small ...

Keir Starmer’s attack on our planning system is an almost-perfect repeat of Boris Johnson’s disaster. Why can’t he see that? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th May 2025 The precedent is ...

This new legislation is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems in living memory. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24 th April 2025 Those of us who try to defend wildlife are horribly ...

If the US is now our enemy, how do we defend ourselves? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27 th February 2025 All the talk now is of how we might defend ourselves without the US. But almost ...

A horrible illness has been widely neglected, thanks in part to the influence of a cruel and bizarre cult. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18 th October 2024 How could this happen in the ...

Why do the mass killers of the fossil fuel industry walk free while the heroes trying to stop them are imprisoned? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1 st October 2024 The sentences were ...

An astonishing thing is happening at sea, but the government, backed by an entire “scientific” discipline, seems determined to stifle it. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 27 th September ...

It’s ridiculous that governments leave it to people like me to communicate the need for environmental action. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28 th August 2024 There are several services ...

The obscene thing I witnessed was like a parable of the madness of extreme wealth. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24 th July 2024 On a calm and beautiful morning off the coast of south ...

An interview with The Ink, about where we are, how we got here and where we need to go. George Monbiot, interviewed by The Ink, 9th July 2024 TI: Can you walk us through how you define neoliberalism” ...

By appointing extremists to set the limits of free speech, the government protects powerful interests from challenge. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 22 nd May 2024 It’s not hard to spot ...