George Monbiot

Plutocracy, Pure and Simple

February 20, 2012

Now it’s a straight fight with the billionaires and corporations. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 21st February 2012 Shocking, fascinating, entirely unsurprising: the leaked documents, if authentic, confirm what we suspected but could not prove. The Heartland Institute, which has helped lead the war against climate science in the United States, is funded [...]

 

Imaginary Friends

January 26, 2012

The weather forecasters used by the Daily Mail and other papers don’t appear to exist. By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 26th January 2012 Earlier this month, I questioned the credentials of the alternative weather forecasters being used by the Daily Mail, the Express, the Telegraph and the Sun. I suggested that their [...]

 

Why Libertarians Must Deny Climate Change

January 6, 2012

As soon as it encounters environmental issues, the ideology of the new right becomes ensnared in its own contradictions. By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 6th January 2012 Over the Christmas break I read what I believe is the most important environmental essay of the past 12 months. Though it begins with a [...]