I could not agree more with George Monbiot
I have reproduced George Monbiot’s article (below) from the Guardian of October 2023, not just because I agree with it – though I very strongly
Beyond the car – Oxford’s much maligned ‘15-minute city’
This piece is a response to an article published on the Socialist Appeal website by Sjoerd Smit, a member of Oxford Marxists, entitled Low-traffic
A Reckless Short Cut
When I first saw the title of this book – How to Blow up a Pipeline – I could hardly believe it was serious. Unfortunately it is.
Air Pollution- the invisible killer
Alan Thornett makes the case for a drastic and immediate cut in the causes of air pollution. In a land-mark ruling, the inner south London
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 –
International Earth Day and Covid-19
Today, April 22, is International Earth Day, writes Alan Thornett. Photo: Steve Corey It was established 50 years ago following a massive oil spill off the coast
Covid-19: the ecological dimension
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread rapidly around the world and remains out of control – other than in those countries, led by China, that
Green new deals must push the boundaries
Green New Deals (GNDs), of various kinds, are increasingly a feature of the global climate and ecological struggle. They are not new but today they
IPCC Climate report: a global wake-up call
Alan Thornett reviews the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) special ‘1.5°C’ Report on climate change published on October 8th 2018. The timescale available to do something
The Next Mass Extinction
The Sixth Extinction – an Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert published in 2014 by Bloomsbury at £17.99, reviewed by Alan Thornett. Elizabeth Kolbert is an