Don’t blame Russia for the anti-fracking panic

It isn’t Moscow's money that fuels fracking protests – it’s Europe’s own turn against development. According to the Financial Times, NATO secretary-general Anders Fogh Rasmussen told an audience at Chatham House in London that the Russian government has been working...

Monbiotism. Again.

It's been nearly a year since this blog last took a look at Monbiot's thinking. He used to be a favourite, epitomising the green movement's excesses in each of his Guardian stories. But as useful as it is to see what goes on in the fantasy world that environmentalists...

Why Do Environmentalists Hate Liberty?

Warning... This is a VERY long post! You may want to skip straight to the conclusion, labelled in bold. This blog has always been interested much more in questions about what environmentalism is, rather than in the scientific claims made by environmentalists. One...