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George Monbiot is a British writer, environmental activist, and journalist, known for his profound insights and critical analysis of environmental issues. His work covers a wide range of topics, including climate change, consumerism, political corruption, and biodiversity.

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“Campaigners, chefs, and food writers rail against “intensive farming,” and the harm it does to us and our world. But the problem is not the adjective. It’s the noun.”

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Book:Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

Source: Regenesis: Feeding the World Without Devouring the Planet

“There is enough oil in the ground to deep-fry the lot of us, and no obvious means to prevail upon governments and industry to leave it in the ground.”

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“Every time someone dies as a result of floods in Bangladesh, an airline executive should be dragged out of his office and drowned.”

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“Is the divine presence a Republican? Or is He/She/It running an inter-galactic fossil fuel conglomerate?...whatever the explanation may be, the Paraclete appears to be as determined as any terrestrial corporate frontman to prevent a successful conclusion to the climate talks. How I know? Because every time anyone gets together to try to prevent global climate breakdown, He swaths the rich, densely habited parts of the world with snow and ice, while leaving obscurer places to cook.”

“Even when nuclear power plants go horribly wrong, they do less damage to the planet and its people than coal-burning stations operating normally.”

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“It is a campaign not for abundance but for austerity. It is a campaign not for more freedom but for less. Strangest of all, it is a campaign not just against other people, but against ourselves.”

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Book:Heat: how to stop the planet from burning

Source: Heat: how to stop the planet from burning

“When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to stop it, they call you a communist.”

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“Do we want to be remembered as the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse?”

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“Almost everywhere, climate change denial now looks as stupid and as unacceptable as Holocaust denial.”

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“Until now I believed that the nation that has done most to sabotage a new climate change agreement was the United States. I was wrong. The real villain is Canada. Unless we can stop it, the harm done by Canada in December 2009 will outweigh a century of good works.”

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Author:George Monbiot

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Born: January 27, 1963
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 52

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