Stories by George Monbiot
George Monbiot is the author Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning. Read more of his writings at Monbiot.com. This article originally appeared in the Guardian.
Sure, taxing or banning SUVs would restrict people's 'freedom of choice.' The same argument could be made about the laws preventing citizens from carrying rocket-propelled grenades to work.
Posted on Jul 29, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Without cheap oil, the only safe option is to start dismantling our complex economies -- can you picture Bush or Kerry doing that anytime soon?
Posted on Jun 22, 2004, Source: AlterNet
While many argue that the decrease in human population will damage the world's economy, a noted scientist counts it a blessing.
Posted on Jun 1, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Members of the Bush administration now see themselves as priests of a divine mission to rid the world of its demons
Posted on Jul 30, 2003, Source: AlterNet
Five POWs are mistreated in Iraq and the U.S. cries foul. What about Guantanamo Bay?
Posted on Mar 26, 2003, Source: AlterNet
The real problem with engineered crops is not so much the health risks, but that they permit the big biotech companies to place a padlock on the food chain.
Posted on Nov 21, 2002, Source: AlterNet
For the past eight years, the United States has done everything in its power to prevent a resolution of the Iraq situation, and thereby justify the upcoming war.
Posted on Oct 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
If the world's transnational corporations have their way, the Earth Summit in Johannesburg will not only fail to tackle the ecological crisis, it may make it worse.
Posted on Aug 22, 2002, Source: The Guardian
Britain is transporting vast amounts of plutonium across the ocean as part of a commercial deal with Japan. It's a recipe for nuclear disaster.
Posted on Jun 13, 2002, Source: The Guardian
Biotech companies are creating false citizens to try to change the way we think. They call it Internet lobbying.
Posted on May 29, 2002, Source: The Guardian
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