Population growth is a threat. But it pales against the greed of the rich Jan 29, 2008
George MonbiotTuesday January 29, 2008. I cannot avoid the subject any longer. (Guardian Unlimited)
London clamps down on cyclists Jan 23, 2008
Ken Livingstone has fought for low emissions in the capital, so why are the authorities now targeting bicycles. Tuesday January 22 2008. (Guardian Unlimited)
MPs' warning on biofuels angers Brussels Jan 22, 2008
George Monbiot: Oil produced from plants sets up competition for food between cars and people. People - and the environment - will lose. (Guardian Unlimited)
Beware of junk food, 'gross' ads tell kids Jan 16, 2008
George Monbiot: In Britain, too, corporate muscle and government weakness means mothers are gulled into swapping the breast for the tin. . (Guardian Unlimited)
George Monbiot: British way of denying atrocities Jan 12, 2008
George MonbiotTuesday December 27, 2005. In reading reports of the trial of the Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk, you are struck by two things. (Guardian Unlimited)
Lorne Gunter: A warmer Arctic? Blame Mother Nature Jan 8, 2008
Lorne Gunter: A warmer Arctic. Blame Mother Nature - Full Comment. (National Post)
Getting ready for a no-growth future Jan 7, 2008
Environmentalist George Monbiot made this argument strongly a few weeks ago in his column in The Guardian, arguing that the coming recession, if it occurs, should be welcomed because it will finally curtail the increase of carbon-emitting consumption. The poor, he acknowledged, have been the main beneficiaries of economic growth: "The massive improvements in human welfare better housing, better nutrition, better sanitation and better medicine over the past 200 years are the result of economic... (Globe and Mail -- International)
Burning biofuels may be worse than coal and oil, say experts Jan 6, 2008
Scientists point to cost in biodiversity and farmland Razing tropical forests 'will increase carbon. science correspondent. (Guardian Unlimited)
Edwards: Manufacturing Threats Dec 27, 2007
"We conclude that there is evidence to suggest that the map of the Shatt al-Arab waterway provided by the Government was less clear than it ought to have been. The Government was fortunate that it was not in Irans interests to contest the accuracy of the map. ()Martin Pratt, Director of Research at the International Boundaries Research Unit at Durham University, pointed out that the British governments map was certainly an oversimplification... it could reasonably be argued that it... (Zmag.org)
Readers' picks Dec 27, 2007
George Monbiot: Blair's government is as corrupt as any he criticises ... I could have chosen a number of George Monbiot's pieces - I really think he is the number one writer at the paper. (Guardian Unlimited)
McCormack: Japan & Plutonium Dec 24, 2007
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When the powerful can live beyond the law, corruption is never far away Dec 24, 2007
I suppose one could entrust the money to Polly Toynbee and George Monbiot to give to deserving causes, but not many billionaires are enlightened enough to do that. Instead, there are today so many doggedly materialistic possessors of surplus wealth that a huge luxury goods industry exists to succour their plight. (Guardian Unlimited)
The broken guitar string of British politics Dec 20, 2007
For Labour, winning round an intelligent, articulate dissident such as Thom Yorke - pop's George Monbiot - might win back some disillusioned leftwingers, although the party could stand a better chance with the less volatile Neil Tennant (who wrote the sympathetic I Get Along about Peter Mandelson) or the always eloquent Jarvis Cocker. Or pop stars could go back to writing songs and politicians to running the country. (Guardian Unlimited)
Tokar: People's Agenda for Climate Justice Dec 19, 2007
The result, a decade later, is the development of what British columnist George Monbiot has aptly termed "an exuberant market in fake emissions cuts." Of course, the US never signed the Kyoto Protocol, and the rest of the world has had to bear the consequences of managing an increasingly cumbersome and ineffectual carbon trading system. . (Zmag.org)
US pours cold water on Bali optimism Dec 17, 2007
George Monbiot: America will keep on wrecking climate talks as long as those with vested interests in oil and gas fund its political system. December 16 2007. (Guardian Unlimited)
Monbiot: Bali & Beyond Dec 16, 2007
George Monbiot interviewed by Sonali Kolhatkar. George Monbiot interviewed by ... George Monbiot is a columnist for the Guardian newspaper and author Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning. (Zmag.org)
From albedo to zugunruhe Dec 15, 2007
George Monbiot talked in a column in this newspaper not long ago about "albedo flip", a phase of icecap melting that signifies climatic apocalypse. Indeed, it is hard to reconcile occasional suggestions that the Guardian is dumbing down with my harvest of "epyllion", "quondam" and "hieratic" from its pages. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Forest protection expected to form key part of Bali climate deal Dec 12, 2007
Tuesday December 11 2007. Financial rewards for not cutting down rainforest would form a key part of the new climate deal. (Yahoo News -- Climate Change)
Families and firms warned of rising temperatures Dec 8, 2007
George Monbiot: Outdated figures have been hiding the full extent of climate change. But I am still advocating action, and not despair. (Guardian Unlimited)
Climate change experts stage talks at Second Life Dec 5, 2007
Speakers include Simon Buckle, director of climate change policy at the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, on Dec. 11 and George Monbiot, author of "Heat: How to Stop the Planet From Burning,'' on Dec. 13. The talks are free and open to all. Second Life avatars can teleport to Second Nature via this , according to a news release. "A debate has been raging about the carbon footprint of avatars in Second Life,'' said Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd., referring... (CTV.ca)
What would best advance fight against climate change? Dec 3, 2007
George Monbiot Fairness and simplicity on CO2 ... George Monbiot is the author of Heat: How We Can Stop the Planet Burning. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
INTERVIEW: author of spoof paper speaks Nov 14, 2007
Tomorrow brings the weekly column of George Monbiot, whom one imagines will have something to say,or confess, about the matter. Posted by. (Nature News Service)
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This analogy has occurred to several commentators independently, from right-wing loudmouth Rush Limbaugh to dark-green climate crusader George Monbiot. There must be something to it, right. (FastCompany)
Cromwell/Edwards: Red Herring Oct 20, 2007
Environmental campaigner George Monbiot commented wryly of Monckton. "He is trying to take on the global scientific establishment on the strength of a classics degree from Cambridge." (Jonathan Leake, 'Please, sir - Gore's got warming wrong,' The Times, October 14, 2007). (Zmag.org)
Local groups use peer pressure - and fines - to cut carbon emissions Oct 17, 2007
It was the call by a prominent British writer and academic George Monbiot in late 2005 to reduce emissions through major cuts in both energy use and personal consumption that pushed Ross and a handful of like-minded enthusiasts into action. They took up ideas for carbon rationing that already had been developed by the British environmentalists David Fleming and Mayer Hillman. (International Herald Tribune)
Aviation in times of global warming Sep 20, 2007
Scientific advisors to Sir Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic Airways disagree with George Monbiot, author of best-selling books like The Age of Consent, when he suggests that airline fuel could be replaced by kerosene. Reportedly, Branson is prepared to invest over 1 billion in researching how bio-fuels might provide a low carbon alternative to kerosene. (Express TravelWorld)
Climate change a 'questionable truth' Sep 16, 2007
Tim Flannery ( The Weather Makers) and George Monbiot ( Heat) both warn that civilization will collapse if we do nothing. So does Canada's David Suzuki. (Globe and Mail)
Earth Year 2007: Stop, think and sacrifice for the Earth’s greater good Sep 9, 2007
British journalist George Monbiot, author of Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning, notes in his book that nobody ever rioted for austerity. We are very concerned about climate change and would like to take measures to stop greenhouse gas emissions as long as we do not have to change our way of life too much. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
This great free-market experiment is more like a corporate welfare scheme Sep 4, 2007
George MonbiotTuesday September 4, 2007. After my column last week, several people wrote to point out that the neoliberal project - which demands a minimal state and maximum corporate freedom - actually relies on constant government support. (Guardian Unlimited)
Spotlight: Jeremy Leggett of Solarcentury Aug 31, 2007
For Leggett "to suggest that solar panels erected in the U.K. can make a major difference and enable us to retire a large number of thermal power stations is misleading," said George Monbiot, a visiting professor of planning at Oxford Brookes University and the author of "Heat," a book on climate change. "I honestly don't think I've hyped it," said Leggett, referring to solar. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
George Monbiot: How Did We Get Into This Mess? Aug 31, 2007
Disinformation :: George Monbiot: How Did We Get Into This Mess ... George Monbiot: How Did We Get Into This Mess. (Disinformation)
Monbiot: Neo Liberal Mess Aug 29, 2007
How Did We Get Into This Mess. For the first time, the United Kingdom's consumer debt now exceeds our gross national product: a new report shows that we owe 1. (Zmag.org)
Police clash with protesters at Heathrow Aug 20, 2007
Speakers, including the Guardian columnist George Monbiot and John McDonnell, Labour MP for Hayes and Harlington, addressed about 300 locals and protesters from the camp ... George Monbiot: Newspaper exhortations on climate change sit uncomfortably alongside promotions for budget flights and oil companies. (Guardian Unlimited)
Blogger gets hot and bothered over Nasa's climate data error Aug 19, 2007
George Monbiot: Shameless exaggerations of the climate protesters' dastardly plans have left us baffled at the camp. August 18 2007. (Guardian Unlimited)
Yangtze river dolphin driven to extinction Aug 9, 2007
George Monbiot: Marine predators are on the verge of extinction, but the fishing industry still rips the environment to shreds with impunity. . (Guardian Unlimited)
Star of hit show 24 fights global warming 'crime' Aug 7, 2007
George Monbiot: The ban on next week's Heathrow demonstration will not deter us. It will only boost the profile and raise the stakes. (Guardian Unlimited)
Monbiot: Eco-junk Jul 27, 2007
George Monbiot has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Essex and an honorary fellowship by Cardiff University. References. (Zmag.org)
A Righter Shade of Green Jul 17, 2007
The most articulate environmentalist in Britain, George Monbiot, is also a well-known advocate of global democracy. He tries to envisage institutions that might work on the global level, so as to absorb information from every relevant source of data around the globe and deliver a single collective solution. (The American Conservative)
Find another culprit Jul 14, 2007
You have never heard of George Monbiot or Al Gore then ... " I would argue that this issue should not be included in the "nonhuman reason for climate change" category since it's humans that are breeding an unnaturally large amount of cows and other livestock for our unhealthy meat centered diets. Long live veggie burgers. [Offensive? Unsuitable? ] teganjovanka Comment No. GBR GreenLake, you are both ignorant about global warming and Galileo. Galileo was not prosecuted by the religious... (Guardian Unlimited)
Hess: Africa and the World Bank Jul 6, 2007
(20) George Monbiot, The worst of times, The Guardian (England), September 02, 2003. (21) Oxfam, Rigged Rules and Double Standards, ibid. (Zmag.org)
Monbiot: Olympic Games Displacement Jul 3, 2007
George Monbiots book Heat: how to stop the planet burning is now published in paperback. . (Zmag.org)
How to kick the carbon habit Jun 23, 2007
Nicholas Lezard urges us to start acting on the recommendations of George Monbiot's Heat ... Heat: How We can Stop the Planet Burningby George Monbiot (Penguin, 8 ... As George Monbiot, who needs no introduction here, points out, you'd be right. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
O'Keefe: Global Warming Debate Jun 8, 2007
George Monbiot, the author of the authoritative and best-selling Heat (which Noble has the audacity to deride), accurately describes the paradox of climate change and its relationship to a world marked by grotesque inequality ... Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning, by George Monbiot. (Zmag.org)
Monbiot: G8, Say & Do Jun 8, 2007
George Monbiot is the author of the best selling books and. He writes a weekly column for the Guardian newspaper. (Zmag.org)
Monbiot: Oil Runs Out? Jun 1, 2007
What if the Oil Runs Out. Though the government is planning a massive expansion of transport networks, it has never considered this question. (Zmag.org)
Monbiot: Cockburn & Corrupt Science Jun 1, 2007
Alexander Cockburn and the Corruption of Science. I have now asked twice in public and four times in private. (Zmag.org)
Monbiot attacks Welsh energy plan May 28, 2007
Welsh energy policy has been strongly criticised by leading environmental campaigner George Monbiot ... George Monbiot on windfarms on land. (BBC News -- UK)
Climate change documentary provokes debate May 25, 2007
GEORGE MONBIOT, ACTIVIST AND ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALIST: I'm absolutely staggered that this is being rebroadcast in Australia when it has been so thoroughly discredited in the United Kingdom ... TOM IGGULDEN: The British author George Monbiot, who has had a climate-change documentary of his own aired of his own on the BBC says the claims are false ... GEORGE MONBIOT: It was altogether a disgraceful piece of propaganda. (ABC Online)
Demers: Fetters of Old Contrarians May 25, 2007
Over the past few weeks, progressive writers such as the Guardians George Monbiot have attempted to engage Counterpunch editor and Nation columnist Alexander Cockburns provocative writing on the subject of human-caused climate change. Wrongly presupposing that his argument denying man-made global warming comes from the left (or, for that matter, from any particular politics whatsoever), these writers have missed a problem that goes beyond Cockburn or any particular political issue,... (Zmag.org)
Climate-change sceptics shouldn't bluff the world May 24, 2007
George MonbiotMay 24, 2007 ... George Monbiot is an academic, journalist and author ... auSydney Morning Herald2007-05-24Too much at stake to let climate-change sceptics bluff the worldGeorge MonbiotOpinion. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Europe looks to a new generation of atomic energy May 19, 2007
Even the British environmentalist George Monbiot, who on balance opposes nuclear power, published figures showing that electricity produced by a pressurised light-water nuclear reactor emitted about 16 tonnes of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour, compared with 356 for gas and 891 for coal. But Britain is still far from a big reinvestment in nuclear energy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Can Murdoch save the planet? May 17, 2007
Campaigning journalist George Monbiot drew attention recently to the fact that Toyota - which polishes its green image with the Prius hybrid car - sells far more gas-guzzling 4x4s than it does Priuses. And what about BP, which rebranded itself as "Beyond Petroleum" five years ago, but still sells plenty of petrol. (Guardian Unlimited)
3) Travel: the new tobacco May 9, 2007
George Monbiot: Oil produced from plants sets up competition for food between cars and people. People - and the environment - will lose. (Guardian Unlimited)
Monbiot Answers Cockburn May 4, 2007
George Monbiot's book Heat: how to stop the planet from burning is now published in the US by Southend Press. . (Zmag.org)
Harper 'fanning flames' of controversy, says May May 3, 2007
Speaking on CBC Newsworld, May said the comparison was not her own, but came from British journalist and author George Monbiot ... May said she stands by the "appropriateness of quoting George Monbiot.". (CBC.ca)
May appalled by Tory spin on her Chamberlain comment May 3, 2007
In a telephone interview from Nova Scotia yesterday, she said she was simply quoting George Monbiot, a respected British journalist and author, who she says compared the Conservative climate-change plan to the appeasement efforts of Chamberlain. The former British prime minister's moral failure means he is synonymous with taking the easy way out, she said. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Monbiot: Giving Up Two Degrees May 3, 2007
Giving Up On Two Degrees. Have we already abandoned our attempts to prevent dangerous climate change. (Zmag.org)
Uproar erupts over May's 'appeasement' remarks May 2, 2007
May earlier told The Canadian Press that she was simply repeating the comments of British journalist and environmental author George Monbiot. The author of Heat: How To Stop the Planet from Burning reportedly told a conference in Toronto on Saturday that there's a new climate change "axis of evil" -- U.S. President George Bush, Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Harper, she said. (CTV.ca)
PM invites Dion to distance himself from May's 'Nazi analogies' May 2, 2007
On Monday, May defended her controversial comments, telling the National Post that she had borrowed the quote from British author George Monbiot, who made a weekend appearance with environmentalist David Suzuki. She said the quote was an example of how the federal Conservatives are tarnishing Canada's reputation around the world. (CBC News)
Takeover bid may be welcome call for Cell C's majority investor Apr 23, 2007
Widely read UK author and Guardian columnist, George Monbiot, last month called for a five-year freeze on biofuels because they were setting up competition for food between cars and people - a battle he believes people will lose. "Those who can afford to drive are richer than those who are in danger of starvation," Monbiot said. (Business Report, South Africa)
Celebrate the Environment in April Apr 1, 2007
To be held at the Direct Energy Centre, Exhibition Place, in Toronto, the Green Living Show will feature more than 200 exhibitors; talks by Al Gore, George Monbiot and Margaret Atwood; a marketplace with locally grown organic produce; a Green Living kids' zone; and more. for Celebrate the Environment in April" title="Start a discussion for Celebrate the Environment in April" style="margin-bottom:-3px; padding:2px 2px 2px 1px". (Suite101.com)
The Cure for our Planet's Fever Mar 23, 2007
A review of George Monbiot's book on how to curb global warming. A guiding principle in investigative journalism has long been "Follow the money." In the quest to pinpoint the key causes of global warming and reduce their impact on our planet, though, George Monbiot, a columnist for the Guardian in the U.K., employs a more effective guide: "Follow the carbon.". (Suite101.com)
Apocalypse my arse Mar 11, 2007
Indeed, even Durkin s film was not allowed to stand alone: earlier in the week Channel 4 showed a Dispatches documentary made by green Guardian columnist George Monbiot to balance out Durkin s film, and then repeated it again last night after Durkin s film. So even when you get to criticise the prevailing view, you have to be sandwiched in between two slabs of Monbiot. (Spiked)
UK plans to cut CO2 'doomed' Mar 5, 2007
" The study was commissioned for Channel 4's Dispatches, which will screen a documentary -Greenwash - on the findings presented by George Monbiot tonight.The 30% cut by 2020 is a self-imposed government target that goes beyond the UK's obligations under the Kyoto protocol - the figures are relative to 1990 levels. The UCL team's 12 to 17% figure is based on downgrading the predictions considering the likely effects of policies.For example, the government predicts that national transport... (Guardian Unlimited)
Indian MAG: Americans Lifestyles Creating Climate 'Holocaust'... Feb 28, 2007
"How much reality can you take?" George Monbiot asks them in his book Heat. Reality takes time to sink in, but it is happening. (The Drudge Report)
