22 Articles match "George Monbiot"

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• George Monbiot's recent anti-micropower rant is seriously anti-green
  
  by Michael Smith (Veshengro) In early March 2010 everyone in British green circles, from the eco-warrior to the likes of RenewableUK, has been talking about George Monbiot; but then that is more or less the way he likes it. Monbiot's words were that Britain cannot afford renewable energy and should and must got for the nuclear option. The nuclear option we cannot afford at all and that for more than one reason. George Monbiot is an unashamed cheerleader for big power – in his column in the Guardian he has previously come out in favor of large nuclear power stations
  Green (Living) Review - Sunday, March 7, 2010
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• Book Review: Heat by George Monbiot
  
  I like George Monbiot*, even though I don't always agree with him. Heat is a joy to read with Monbiot's pithy way with words - "the British government wants to see a massive number of new homes built... There were one or two places that I wasn't sure if Monbiot was double counting - for example, he comments on the electricity used by supermarkets and how it might be reduced, but he had already identified a way of decarbonising the whole electricity supply for the country. He's one of life's essential awkward squad, constantly challenging the status quo, vested interests and what I like to call 'institutional inertia' - the tendency for large organisations to keep doing the same thing because changing would be too difficult.
  Eco_Living - Monday, April 30, 2007
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• A Call for a Green Enlightenment
  
  Whether the reduction needs to go as far as the prodigious 90% George Monbiot claims in his book, Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning , is not clear. George Monbiot suggests a moratorium on airport runways—to stop increasing what is most harmful—while working out measures for actual reductions in greenhouse gases. A former premier of Alberta, Peter Lougheed, has proposed a moratorium on the tar sands extraction project . The Worldchanging Canada Team November 11, 2008 7:40 AM This article was written by Lynn McDonald in February 2007. Lynn McDonald
  The Green Changemakers - Thursday, November 20, 2008
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• Climate safety report
  
  Crisp, clear-headed and profoundly shocking, this report should be read immediately by everyone who cares.” -- George Monbiot , author and journalist “A report to keep every policy maker awake at night, this is a devastating and unflinching exposé of the profound gap between the predictions of how climate change will impact on the planet produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the already observable impact of global warming on the ground. Reframing the current debate away from 2050 targets to address cumulative emissions through short-term intervention
  The Green Changemakers - Saturday, November 29, 2008
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• BWEA becomes RenewableUK; officially
  
  While we all know that that is what they all seem to be about it is some thing to see, for sure. While claiming that government is committed to renewables it was nigh on like listening to George Monbiot, who never seems to know which side of the green fence he is on and who recently stated that Britain cannot afford renewables and we should go the nuclear way. by Michael Smith (Veshengro) London, England, March 4, 2010 : It was announced today during a press conference held at the QEII Center in Westminster during the “Wave & Tidal 2010” conference dealing, with, obviously, all matters of creating electricity from wave and tidal currents, that the BWEA (British Wind Energy Association) was changing its name officially to “RenewableUK”.
  Green (Living) Review - Thursday, March 4, 2010
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• Requiem for a crowded planet
  
  Just as George Bush did in the approach to the Iraq war, Obama went behind the backs of the UN and most of its member states and assembled a coalition of the willing to strike a deal which outraged the rest of the world. By George Monbiot. From transcript of video interview for the Guardian’s “Monbiot Meets” series. This is what the failure of the climate talks means. The last time global negotiations collapsed like this was in Doha in 2001. 
  Green Me - Thursday, February 18, 2010
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• Break the Climate Stalemate Between the Global South and the North
  
  Global economic growth is the major cause of rising emissions,” writes British journalist George Monbiot. “Even by Gopal Dayaneni, Mateo Nube Rich and poor countries are in this together. If either fails to step up, the planet is in trouble.
  The Green Changemakers - Thursday, December 3, 2009
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• Monbiot vs Plimer
  
  I know I've been a bit obsessed about the denial movement of late, but you really must watch George Monbiot take apart the darling of the denial circuit, Ian Plimer, and his dodgy science. Tags: denial monbiot deniers plime Enjoy! http://www.abc.net.au/news/video/2009/12/15/2772906.htm news/video/2009/12/15/2772906.htm
  Eco_Living - Thursday, December 17, 2009
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• Monbiot takes a leaf out of Booker's Book
  
  Deniers aren't the only ones to drop the odd clanger - George Monbiot raced to disprove a Christopher Booker factoid and in his haste picked the wrong figure - oops! Tags: monbiot climate change christopher booker denie There is neat symmetry with Booker's own boob a couple of weeks ago. Now can both of you please check your facts? ...Tags:
  Eco_Living - Monday, May 18, 2009
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• In Denial or In Cahoots?
  
  First George Monbiot alleges in his new book that most of the 'institutes' generating reports saying that climate change may not be happening, or that it is part of a natural cycle, are actually PR front organisations set up and funded by big business. Now this is fairly standard stuff from George M, but the Royal Society then weighed in, writing to Exxon-Mobil asking them to stop funding these groups. There's been a bit of a bust up in the wonderful world of climate change denial this week. Initially they were funded to cast doubt on the link between passive smoking and
  Eco_Living - Saturday, September 23, 2006
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