Whenever a government campaign, NGO or well-meaning public figure endorses lifestyle changes that can benefit the environment, there is a … Continue reading “The problem with environmentalists’ “consumer good, producer bad” narrative”

It didn’t take long until the first hammer-and-sickle flags were spotted at the climate change strikes. Given the woeful environmental … Continue reading “Why “overthrowing capitalism” would not avert climate change”

Wednesday last week was a happy day here at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA). George Monbiot of the Guardian … Continue reading “George Monbiot should study the subject he so often talks about”

Ten years ago today, George Monbiot wrote an article for the Guardian titled ‘In this age of diamond saucepans, only … Continue reading “Remember the real champions of austerity: George Monbiot and the eco-miserabilists”

George Monbiot has brought a new meaning to “regular columnist” with his contributions to The Guardian. Not only does he … Continue reading “Hard to believe, I know, but: George Monbiot is wrong”

George Monbiot has set out his cartoonish manifesto on the Guardian website. He paints a picture of ‘what the world … Continue reading “George Monbiot: to move beyond capitalism, first build a straw man”

How does your garden variety Malthusian react if a resource he has predicted to run out manifestly refuses to do … Continue reading “George Monbiot horrified: industrial civilisation will survive”

In a weird way, I used to enjoy George Monbiot’s columns in The Guardian. There were not many authors who could … Continue reading “Are free-market think tanks run by intelligent space lizards?”

If George Monbiot had lived during the Irish Potato Famine, he would presumably have developed a ‘Potato Footprint’ index, to … Continue reading “George Monbiot’s crusade against homebuilding”