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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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Trussonomics is a fanatical, fantastical creed, and the last thing Britain needs

Just when we need visions of a better world, the prime minister is proclaiming the toxic gospel of neoliberalism, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Eating meat isn’t a crime against the planet – if it’s done right

George Monbiot has criticised ‘chefs and foodies’ like me for focusing on regenerative grazing, says cook and writer Thomasina Miers

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Demonising organic beef and lamb won’t help save the Earth

Letter: Farming industry representatives respond to an article by George Monbiot that outlined the damage caused by grazing livestock

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Freeports will drive growth, not criminality

Letters: Richard Ballantyne celebrates the potential of freeports, but Neil Davidson warns of the risk that they will simply take business from other locations

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How livestock grazing is benefiting the planet

Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article about the damage caused by organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb

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Welcome to the freeport, where turbocapitalism tramples over British democracy

From Teesside to Plymouth, these ‘special economic zones’ are shrouded in secrecy – and only benefit big business, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Britain faces crisis upon crisis, and our leaders are absent. This is how a country falls apart

Inflation, energy bills and stagnant wages could mean destitution for millions. But Conservative ideology forbids offering answers, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Ignore the culture warriors – low traffic neighbourhoods don’t close streets, they liberate them

Some drivers are so enraged they’ve resorted to violence in my home town of Oxford, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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The ‘sadmin’ after my mother’s death was hard enough – then I encountered Vodafone

After months of calls, hostility, and a referral to a debt collectors, the phone company cancelled my late mother’s contract. I will not watch this happen to others, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Our planet will not be saved by individual actions

Letters: I never thought we would just talk for 40 years and do nothing, says Lyn Howard. And Andrew Harrison decries leaving important climate issues to toothless treaties

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This heatwave has eviscerated the idea that small changes can tackle extreme weather

Dangerous heat will become the norm, even in the UK. Systems need to urgently change – and the silence needs to be broken, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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We need a practical handbook to build a bottom-up democracy

Letters: Janet Bayford, Bill Dixon, Linda Rogers and Jonathan Harris respond to George Monbiot’s article on participatory democracy to take back control from power-mad governments

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George Monbiot wins Orwell prize for journalism

Author recognised for his decades-long commitment to neglected environmental issues

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Feeling the urge to take back control from power-mad governments? Here’s an idea

We are told governing systems like ours are inevitable and irreplaceable, but real, participatory democracy is possible, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Rooted by Sarah Langford; Regenesis by George Monbiot reviews – how to fix farming

Modern agriculture isn’t working. Two energising books come up with contrasting solutions

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It’s democracy v plutocracy – this is the endgame for our planet

The US supreme court is helping to destroy our climate. But it was a much smaller decision, closer to home, that was the final straw for me, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Why are we feeding crops to our cars when people are starving?

Modern biofuels are touted as a boon for the climate. But, used on a large scale, they are no more sustainable than whale oil, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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There’s a simple way to unite everyone behind climate justice – and it’s within our power

Cancelling poor nations’ historic debts would allow their governments to channel money into climate adaptation, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Livestock farmers are not the enemy in climate crisis battle

Letter: Aidan Harrison disagrees with George Monbiot’s assessment of farming’s contribution to global warming

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