Agriculture is killing the planet
This is a revised version of chapter 16 of my book Facing the Apocalypse–Arguments for Ecosocialism, published in 2019, which might be useful today in
Thames Water has discharged 72bn litres of raw sewage into the Thames since 2020
Thames Water is filling the Thames with sewage. I have been a big fan of the Thames all my life. I was born in
The European eel – a critically endangered species on the menu of top European restaurants
The most disastrous consequence, of today’s environmental crisis, is the catastrophic collapse of global biodiversity. This is now recognised as the greatest extinction event our
Making sense of COP15- what to look for in Montreal
Everything you need to know about COP15 on biodiversity that is currently taking place in Montreal from the Guardian of December 5 2021. Planet Earth is
Review of George Monbiot’s recent book ‘Regenesis – Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet’, 2022 by Allen Lane.
This excellent book is a no-holds-barred – and often provocative – critique of the global food and farming system. Agriculture, Monbiot tells us is: “the
Exponential growth on a finite planet
This article is written up from the rough notes I submitted as background for my introduction at the ACRs Critical University on the environmental crisis
Biodiversity in the Age of Extinction
Alan Thornett argues that the left should take the issue of biodiversity loss more seriously. Most on the left will have heard of COP26 –
Dead Zone: Where the Wild things were
Alan Thornett reviews Philip Lymbery’s important book ‘Dead Zone: Where the Wild things were’ published by Bloomsbury in 2017. Bloomsbury Publishers, who published Elizabeth Kolbert’s
The age of extinction
A review of The Living Planet Report 2014 – published recently by the World Wildlife Fund – by Alan Thornett. This impressive report from the