Holey Ghosts
Powerful evidence suggests that fishing fleets are deliberately dumping their used nets and lines at sea, threatening the complete collapse of marine ecosystems.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 19th January 2022
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Don’t Move, Don’t Stop
The Police Bill would criminalise an entire minority: it’s as if nothing has been learnt from the 20th Century.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 12th January 2022
Losing It
Faced with the gathering collapse of the biosphere, and governments’ refusal to take the necessary action, how do we stop ourselves from falling apart?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 4th January 2022
Fishy Business
The ease with which I registered my dead goldfish as a waste disposer shows how total regulatory collapse has opened the door to organised crime.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th December 2021
What a Carve Up
Border walls are as harmful to ecology as they are to humanity.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th December 2021
This is the Moment
At extraordinary speed, the government is shutting down crucial political freedoms. We must resist while we still can.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th December 2021.
A Tyrant’s Power
If the government’s amendments to the Police Bill are passed, we are on the path to authoritarianism.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian, 1st December 2021
Cleaning Up
Thanks to disgraceful government failures, an illegal waste-dumping mafia is now burning and burying millions of tonnes of dangerous materials.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 24th November 2021
Domino Theory
Our last, best hope of averting systemic environmental collapse is to use the peculiarities of complex systems to trigger cascading political regime shifts.
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 14th November 2021.
Wealth Curse
Why do we tolerate the massive environmental impacts of the very rich?
By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 10th November 2021