The Latest Breaking News from George Monbiot

Letters: Bill Kingdom says the Environment Agency and Ofwat have failed to perform, Dr Richard JF Bewley suggests mutualisation and Richard Davies wonders what the difference is between fly-tippers and water companies

Letters: Heather Hunt writes that mainstream media failed to cover the nonviolent, four-day event she attended, and David Redshaw recalls the legacy of the 1990 poll tax riot

Letters: Kevin Middleton questions the destruction of vital infrastructure, Titus Alexander thinks democracy is the key to change, and Elspeth Knights champions conservation

Tackling water pollution means unpicking a complex web of assaults from source to sea, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

I can’t urge anyone to do things I wouldn’t do myself, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article comparing a rich nation’s environmental failures and a poor one’s success

Why does a wealthy, powerful nation struggle while a small, much poorer one succeeds, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Many are rising to the challenges of making all our economic activities climate compatible in ways that also restore our natural environment. But the main bodies in the dairy and meat industries are draggers, rather than drivers, of that vital work, argues Rod Oram.

In prioritising oil and gas over renewables, ministers are doing the bidding of the polluters, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

England’s water woes have a solution. But trying to move vast volumes of water from west to east is not it

In today’s newsletter: The Casey report gives an in-depth look at the issues at the core of the capital’s police force