No one can be trusted with power. Any government will oppress its people if not constantly and inventively challenged. And the task becomes ever-more urgent as new technologies of surveillance and ...

The government is betting the farm on a nuclear technology that might soon look as hip as the traction engine.

Perhaps we could call it wink murder. When people become desensitised by ironic calls for violence, the difference between a humorous position and an ideological conviction can begin to break down.

By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 28 th June 2025 ...

Archive of his syndicated column about international and British politics and issues, arranged by topic.

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” ...

Hidden in the detail of the UK’s carbon capture and storage scheme are unlimited financial liabilities and huge environmental costs.

Predatory corporations are making a mockery of natural climate solutions, as they grab land and bamboozle the public.

Can you see it yet? The Earth systems horizon – the point at which our planetary systems tip into a new equilibrium, hostile to most lifeforms? I think we can. The sudden acceleration of environmental ...

Are we already shutting our minds to the consequences of climate change? By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 30th October 2007 A few weeks ago I read what I believe is the most important ...