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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

The Guardian - UK · Jan 1, 2023

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

The Guardian - UK · Dec 9, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Nov 3, 2022

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.

The Conversation · Oct 30, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 26, 2022

‘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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 21, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 19, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 12, 2022

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

The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022