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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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I’m a doctor and I don’t like wearing masks at work. Does that make me selfish?

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by George Monbiot in which he discusses mask-wearing, clean air and empathy

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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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The UK government knows it’s on borrowed time – that’s why it’s tearing up our freedoms

In relationships, controlling and coercive behaviour is now a criminal offence. In British politics, it is glorified, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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For some of us, wood is the only practical, affordable fuel

Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article on wood-burning stoves and the damage they do to the environment and health

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The US is a rogue state leading the world towards ecological collapse

It’s not just indifference. It’s an active, and deadly, cavalier attitude towards the lives of others: an example other nations follow, says the Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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From the Amazon to Australia, why is your money funding Earth’s destruction?

Fossil fuels, fisheries and farming: the world’s most destructive industries are fiercely protected by governments, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Lab-grown food is no way to nourish the planet

Letters: Sue Branford, Richard Middleton and Ian Healey respond to an article by George Monbiot suggesting that technology and precision fermentation could end our reliance on farming

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Embrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all

Never mind the yuck factor: precision fermentation could produce new staple foods, and end our reliance on farming, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Our leaders had a final chance to halt climate breakdown. They failed each and every one of us

It’s a miracle that any one of us is alive today. Those with the power to grant that miracle to future generations chose not to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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There’s one big subject our leaders at Cop27 won’t touch: livestock farming

It’s on course to guzzle half the world’s carbon budget, so why are governments so afraid to discuss it?, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Fossil fuel burning once caused a mass extinction – now we’re risking another

The Devon coastline reveals that Earth was in a near-lifeless state for up to five million years after the last event, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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From farming to fermentation: how New Zealand could 'brew up' new foods to reduce agricultural emissions

New Zealand agriculture contributed 50% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, an unusually high proportion by world standards. Dairy farming was responsible for about half of the 39.1 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂-eq) emitted, or 25% of all emissions.

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Sunak’s Britain is already broken. We need more than a general election to fix it

As the crackdown on our freedoms intensifies, the list of our national ailments seems endless. But there’s one issue that can prise things open, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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‘I want to re-enchant people’: the man championing Britain’s rainforests

Campaigner Guy Shrubsole aims to double 1% land area where rainforests endure so more people can rediscover their magic

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Do we really care more about Van Gogh’s sunflowers than real ones?

The Just Stop Oil activists are accused of tactics that will stop people listening. But ‘respectable’ protest is roundly ignored, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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I’m part of the ‘anti-growth coalition’ Liz Truss loves to hate – and I’m proud of it

The PM’s vision of growth is part of the class war that is transferring power from Britain’s poorest people to its richest, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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The BBC must take away the rightwing thinktanks’ megaphone

Letters: The reality of these organisations’ ideology – and its US origins – must be clearly exposed, writes Paul Clarke. Plus letters from Rev David Haslam, John Figliozzi and Martin Kerridge

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Thursday briefing: How food prices and the climate crisis brought famine to Somalia once more

In today’s newsletter: One million people have already been displaced by the country’s second famine in just over ten years. This is how Somalia found itself in a dire situation once again

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Rightwing thinktanks run this government. But first, they had to capture the BBC

Why are representatives of these shadily funded groups treated as impartial observers on news programmes? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Environmental destruction is part of Liz Truss’s plan

The prime minister’s ideology encourages the extraction of as much income as possible from nature, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Carbon bombs and Gulf Stream collapse: the most urgent climate stories of our time

The last 12 months have produced alarming incidents of extreme weather across the globe, leading to serious ripple effects, from energy shortages to severe food insecurity. Guardian journalists are prioritising this foremost crisis of our times

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Has Liz Truss handed power over to the extreme neoliberal thinktanks?

The prime minister is in hock to rightwing lobbyists who are themselves indebted to oligarchs and corporations, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Trickle-down Truss and the wealth creation myth

Letters: The social and environmental costs of wealth creation are becoming impossible to ignore, writes Jeremy Brettingham, while Barbara Williams says the key to our survival is not money but healthy ecosystems. Plus letters from Alan Knight and Damian Grant

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