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The Latest Articles by George Monbiot

Here’s the truth about Sunak’s plans for the North Sea: he will sell out the planet to the dirtiest bidders

Despite grave new warnings about the depth of the climate crisis, plutocrats are fighting to keep their profits – and our PM is with them, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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We’ve had almost 99 years of Tory rule in Totnes. Here’s how we plan to get rid of them

By uniting behind one progressive parliamentary candidate, voters in Totnes can effect change, says George Monbiot

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To understand the right’s climate backlash, look no further than its monstering of Natural England

MPs and newspapers alike are attacking the public body charged with conserving the English countryside for doing just that, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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With our food systems on the verge of collapse, it’s the plutocrats v life on Earth

Climate breakdown and crop losses threaten our survival, but the ultra-rich find ever more creative ways to maintain the status quo, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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How we can teach children so they survive AI – and cope with whatever comes next

It’s not enough to build learning around a single societal shift. Students should be trained to handle a rapidly changing world, says George Monbiot, Guardian columnist

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Punishment without trial: Britain’s latest weapon in the war against dissent

Companies are taking out devastating ‘civil injunctions’ against climate activists – and making them pay the costs, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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When it comes to rich countries taking the environment seriously, I say: vive la France

Emmanuel Macron’s government is at least doing the bare minimum to avert the planetary crisis – and putting the UK to shame, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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The hard right and climate catastrophe are intimately linked. This is how

As climate policy is weakened, extreme weather intensifies and more refugees are driven from their homes – and the cycle of hatred continues, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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As the toxic legacy of opencast mining in Wales shows, operators get the profits, and the public get the costs

Across the UK, fossil fuel companies’ broken promises have left scarred and polluted landscapes, and no one held accountable, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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‘Farming good, factory bad’, we think. When it comes to the global food crisis, it isn’t so simple

The solution is not more fields but better, more compact, cruelty-free and pollution-free factories, says the Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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The law is gone but they are still in jail: who will free Britain’s most wronged prisoners?

Victoria was sentenced to 21 months but has served 15 years. Even the politician who introduced indefinite detention now says he regrets it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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The coronation arrests are just the start. Police can do what they want to us now

Draconian new powers allow the police to shut down every form of effective protest, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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At last, England’s dying rivers are an election issue – and the danger isn’t just sewage

Tackling water pollution means unpicking a complex web of assaults from source to sea, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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I back saboteurs who have acted with courage and coherence, but I won’t blow up a pipeline. Here’s why

I can’t urge anyone to do things I wouldn’t do myself, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Costa Rica restored its ravaged land to health. The rich UK has no excuse for such complete failure

Why does a wealthy, powerful nation struggle while a small, much poorer one succeeds, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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The UK’s ‘green day’ has turned into a fossil fuel bonanza – dirty money powers the Sunak government

In prioritising oil and gas over renewables, ministers are doing the bidding of the polluters, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Never mind the H20: this scheme to move water from Severn to Thames could be the new HS2

England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to move vast volumes of water from west to east is not it

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How many of those calling for Putin’s arrest were complicit in the illegal invasion of Iraq?

Gordon Brown, Condoleezza Rice and Alastair Campbell are as responsible for an illegal war as the Russian leader’s ‘henchmen’ they condemn, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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I once admired Russell Brand. But his grim trajectory shows us where politics is heading

In an age of distortion, public figures have powerful tools and a responsibility. This is an object lesson in how that can go wrong, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Rotten, with no quick fixes: the state of our mouths reflects the plight of NHS dentistry

I live in one of Britain’s many ‘dental deserts’, where those who can’t afford to go private face pain and misery, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Today’s climate activist ‘criminals’ are tomorrow’s heroes: silencing them in court is immoral

It’s not ‘the whole truth and nothing but the truth’ if campaigners cannot explain their motivations to a jury, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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This senseless lawsuit could bankrupt the Labour party and let the Tories win again

The party should be focused on this terrible government. Instead it is fighting costly legal battles, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Be warned: the next deadly pandemic is not inevitable, but all the elements are in place

Bird flu is a mass killer, and mink farms are perfect for infection and transmission. They are a grave threat and must be banned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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‘Let them eat lentils’ won’t save us from animal farming – we must embrace meat substitutes

Our appetite for meat is destroying the planet. But the alternative is looking (and tasting) better by the day, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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We are all playing Covid roulette. Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you

As rich people plough money into ventilation to protect themselves, those with long Covid are treated as an embarrassment, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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