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Resource Testeria 20 Aug 2013 | 03:50 pm
Promoting extractive industries is seen by politicians as a proper, manly pursuit, even if it makes no sense. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 20th August 2013 It’s not about jobs. It’s ...
Return of the Native 15 Aug 2013 | 07:52 pm
Why are almost all the trees that councils plant exotic species? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 15th August 2013 The differences can be stark and remarkable: native trees tend to harbo...
DDT 2.0 13 Aug 2013 | 12:37 pm
We’re just beginning to understand the wider impacts of neonicotinoids. By George Monbiot, published on the Guardian’s website, 5th August 2013 It’s the new DDT: a class of poisons licensed for wide...
Resurrection Men 6 Aug 2013 | 12:51 am
De-extinction sounds like a great idea. But there’s a problem most people have overlooked. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 6th August 2013 Like big kids everywhere, I would love to see ...
Ghost Plane 23 Jul 2013 | 12:53 am
Lobbying results in old and dirty technologies being maintained long beyond their useful life. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 23rd July 2013 Hoisting 180lbs of human flesh 30,000 feet ...
The Naturalists Who Are Terrified of Nature 16 Jul 2013 | 01:22 pm
A radical challenge to British conservation and its bizarre priorities. By George Monbiot, published on the RSPB’s website, 15th July 2013 I’m writing this on the train home, after visiting two plac...
Smoking Gun 16 Jul 2013 | 12:33 am
Who killed the plan for cigarettes to be sold only in plain packets? By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 16th July 2013 It’s a victory for the hidden persuaders, the astroturfers, sock pupp...
The Landed Mafia 10 Jul 2013 | 03:08 pm
It’s time we confronted the National Farmers’ Union and the millionaires it works for. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 8th July 2013 Is there any organisation as selfish, grasping and a...
The Culture of Nature 9 Jul 2013 | 12:27 am
The ignorance and philistinism of those who attack nature lovers knows no bounds. By George Monbiot, published in the Guardian 9th July 2013 Two months ago, American canvas weevil was found in the a...
Ghost Psyche 2 Jul 2013 | 06:49 pm
We are haunted by psychological equipment which was invaluable in the hunter-gatherer past, but is now vestigial. By George Monbiot, published in Prospect magazine, June 2013. The foraging had not g...
