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Why Scotland is the worst possible host for COP26 Opinion
I’m a Scottish comedian in Glasgow for COP26, and even I couldn’t take the piss as much as these climate change jokers. Every aspect of it is burning tonnes of fossil fuels, and Scotland has a dismal environmental record anyway.
Nov 9, 2021 12:50
Vegan condoms, olive oil lube & solar-powered sex toys: Environmentalists want us to have eco-friendly sex and no babies Opinion
As the COP26 conference on climate change gets underway, environmentalists are telling us how we should behave in the most private sphere of personal relations.
Nov 2, 2021 09:01
Plastic pollution could kill our oceans in 30 years, and the global trade titans simply don’t care Opinion
There’s a simple solution to the threat our oceans face: use less plastic. History shows there are alternative products. But because of the dominance of worldwide consumer monopolies, profit is being prioritized before protection.
Oct 25, 2021 12:15
New vegan propaganda movie ‘Eating Our Way To Extinction’ with Kate Winslet certainly won’t make me give up meat & fish Opinion
Wannabe filmmakers Ludo and Otto Brockway have an important message to convey in their new enviro-doom documentary. But using famous family connections to add some stardust makes it harder to take the project seriously.
Sep 20, 2021 12:57
The fashion industry is a perfect reflection of our vapid, valueless and globalised society that treats everything as disposable Opinion
Fast fashion sounds like a cultural trend, but, in reality, it is the inevitable result of the modern supply-chain superstructure.
Sep 1, 2021 18:48
Why must Americans rely on foreign media to expose the deplorable conditions of Biden’s child migrant detention centers? Opinion
While the US media never stopped hammering Donald Trump over his ‘zero-tolerance’ migration policies, journalists happily give Joe Biden a pass as thousands of child migrants arrive in the US to nightmarish conditions.
May 25, 2021 16:28
Don't panic! Freaking out about climate change leading to the end of the world doesn’t do any good Opinion
As we emerge from our bunkers post-lockdown, people are replacing pandemic anxiety with renewed fears about the climate. But assuming the world’s doomed will only hasten its demise. Chill. We’re finding ways to clean up the mess.
May 17, 2021 15:52
The battle over the next global emergency, the environment, will make Covid-19 state authoritarianism look like a walk in the park Opinion
It’s easy to laugh when middle-class greenies write about their eco-anxiety, under headlines like ‘Can you drink milk and stay ethical?’, but there’s a deadly serious side to this that threatens to curtail our freedoms. The...
Apr 14, 2021 16:38
Seaspiracy? Netflix’s new anti-fishing film that’s being lauded by celebrities has got more holes in it than a trawler’s net Opinion
A ‘shocking’ new documentary on Netflix warns we’ll run out of fish in just 27 years and urges us all to stop eating them now. But the only conspiracy at play here is how a supposedly factual film gets so many facts wrong.
Apr 4, 2021 09:56
Burning bins are now as commonplace in Barcelona as sun-soaked beaches and La Sagrada Família but you won’t see them on a postcard Opinion
Catalonia is a powder keg, the latest protests being sparked by the arrest of rapper Pablo Hasél, but the roots of its problems lie far deeper in the culture and way back in the history of Spain.
Feb 20, 2021 07:00