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Alternating Current

https://www.monbiot.com/2026/04/29/alternating-current/

Published: April 29, 2026 11:41

If this crucial circulation system shuts down, the civilisational impacts will be irreversible. So why isn’t it a top priority? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd April 2026 The poor and middle pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the very…

Self-Burn

https://www.monbiot.com/2026/04/21/self-burn/

Published: April 21, 2026 14:58

Thanks to Trump, people around the world are scrambing to get out of fossil fuels. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 18th April 2026 Donald Trump has done more to accelerate the energy transition than anyone else alive. Fossil fuel companies…

Gateway Dump

https://www.monbiot.com/2026/04/08/gateway-dump/

Published: April 8, 2026 14:34

How the deregulation of waste disposal has turned this country into a magnet for the mafia. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 1st April 2026 This country’s a dump. I don’t mean that metaphorically. I mean it literally. From the point of view of…

A Potential Termination Event

https://www.monbiot.com/2026/04/02/a-potential-termination-event/

Published: April 2, 2026 07:59

Cascading failure across the global food system is a real and horrific possibility, which most governments are doing nothing to avert. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th March 2026 The fate of environmentalists is to spend their lives trying…

Leave Tyrants in the Ground

https://www.monbiot.com/2026/03/24/leave-tyrants-in-the-ground/

Published: March 24, 2026 16:47

By unhooking ourselves from fossil fuels, we release ourselves from a world of harm. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th March 2026 I realise this is a serious breach of etiquette. But could we perhaps abandon good manners and contextualise…

Gas-Lit

https://www.monbiot.com/2026/03/17/gas-lit/

Published: March 17, 2026 10:43

If it is sometimes hard to tell the difference between fossil-fuel lobbyists and the billionaire press, that’s because there isn’t one. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 13th March 2026 These are burning, smoking lies. As oil and gas prices…

Prefigurement

https://www.monbiot.com/2026/03/08/prefigurement/

Published: March 8, 2026 12:04

Today’s cruel treatment of Muslims and immigrants was originally crafted as an attack on Jews. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 5th March 2026 Our political memory fails us. We treat government policies as if we’re seeing them for the very…

Greening Up

https://www.monbiot.com/2026/03/02/greening-up/

Published: March 2, 2026 10:58

The Green Party is becoming everything you might have wanted Labour to be. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 25th February 2026 NB: This article was published before the by-election it refers to. The Greens won by a mile.   Every barb Labour has…

Hatchet Man

https://www.monbiot.com/2026/02/13/hatchet-man/

Published: February 13, 2026 08:56

Peter Mandelson was not one bad apple: he was brought in repeatedly by governments to do their dirty work. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian  10th February 2026 History is being rewritten. The story we are told is that an evil man called Peter…

The Merdas Touch

https://www.monbiot.com/2026/02/05/the-merdas-touch/

Published: February 5, 2026 12:19

Here is the real reason why Keir Starmer’s government refuses to let us have a fair electoral system. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th February 2026 Don’t let the Labour party say one more word about “splitting the vote”, in the forthcoming…