Monbiot Archive

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    Monbiot on climate change and a new conversation starting - by frog



    I’m sure many of you are familiar with the writings of Monbiot – an English writer, known for his environmental and political activism. He’s just  delivered a rather dark assessment of the process of climate change mitigation politics. “The process is dead” he summarises. Climate change enlightenment was fun while it lasted. But now it’s [...] read more
    September 24, 2010 7:56 am - 18 Comments
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    The climate denial industry is out to dupe the public. And it’s working - by frog



    George Monbiot says it like it is: Think environmentalists are stooges? You’re the unwitting recruit of a hugely powerful oil lobby – I’ve got the proof. read more
    December 11, 2009 2:31 pm - 77 Comments
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    At last, peak oil has an official date - by frog



    A frogblog fan reminded me about this lovely article from Monbiot just before the Christmas break. The Guardian’s video of the interview is here. It seems the IEA spent all of 2008 doing what it should have been doing all along – analysing all the world’s conventional oil supply to see when we are going [...] read more
    January 26, 2009 3:27 pm - 44 Comments
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    A healthy climate or a new runway? - by frog



    Britain, like the rest of the world, is scrabbling to be seen to be doing something about the issue for our times: Within days of Gordon Brown’s address to the conservation group WWF, in which he pledged eye-wateringly tough reductions in British emissions of Co2, the Government has announced its support for the construction of [...] read more
    December 5, 2007 9:42 am - 38 Comments