The Latest Articles by George Monbiot

Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe?

The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · 17h ago

The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it

A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Oct 3

Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Sep 24

Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel

There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11

Murderous heat, an endangered food supply and no net zero: this is the life the radical right wants you to have

As climate disaster stares us in the face, the radical right says ‘Embrace the Mediterranean life’. Embrace death, more like it, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Aug 5

Think our basic rights are safe? In the age of oligarchs and corporate lobbying, think again

The global assault on our freedoms is coming ever closer to home. Just look at the sinister prosecution of UK lawyer Rajiv Menon, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Jul 31

Besieged by lobbyists, will UK ministers protect our ecosystems? No, they’ll chicken out

Industrial poultry farming is killing our rivers. But rather than stop it, the government has been facilitating it. Will Andy Burnham end this ecocide, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23

The great carbon capture con: behold the wasted billions Burnham could claw back

There are far better ways to tackle climate breakdown, but successive governments have chosen to listen to the fossil fuel companies instead, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8

When the right denies the true danger of heatwaves, ask yourself this: whose children’s lives is it willing to risk?

The class politics of extreme heat are very real and very dangerous – but that doesn’t stop the billionaire press from peddling its agenda, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1

The Belfast riots, Palestine Action protests. What is terrorism now – and why the hypocrisy?

The right is obsessed with ‘two-tier policing’. This is indeed a two-tier government – but the real victims are progressives, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK · Jun 17