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The Latest Articles by George Monbiot

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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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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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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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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Earth is under threat, yet you would scarcely know it

Unlike most of the media, the Guardian resists political or commercial influence in order to keep the climate crisis front and centre

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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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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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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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The most damaging farm products? Organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb

Analysis: You may be amazed by that answer, but the area of land used for grazing is vast compared with the meat and milk produced

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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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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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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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