Mark Lynas

Mark Lynas

Mark Lynas has is an environmental activist and a climate change specialist. His books on the subject include High Tide: News from a warming world and Six Degree: Our future on a hotter planet.

Articles by Mark Lynas

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A Green New Deal

  • 17 July 2008
  • 5 comments

A "war economy" social mobilisation harnessed, this time not towards fighting fascism, but towards heading off ecological crisis

The global warming deniers

  • 03 July 2008
  • 61 comments

The arguments of climate sceptics have largely been moulded by a far more sinister force - the US-based conservative think tanks

After the oil crunch?

  • 12 June 2008
  • 16 comments

The end of cheap oil helps renewables, but makes far dirtier alternatives viable. A low-carbon future will demand brave leadership

Why I was wrong about rationing

  • 29 May 2008
  • 14 comments

A far simpler way to constrain carbon is to deal "upstream" with the few dozen companies that produce or import fossil fuels, rather than hitting tens of millions of consumers

Political will is a renewable resource

  • 01 May 2008
  • 5 comments

Germany has 200 times more solar power installed than the UK - and this is not because Germany gets any more sun

How the rich starved the world

  • 17 April 2008
  • 158 comments

World cereal stocks are at an all-time low, food-aid programmes have run out of money and millions face starvation. Yet wealthy countries persist with plans to use grain for petrol. Plus Iain Macwhirter on how food prices are rocketing

Why Greens should vote for Ken

  • 03 April 2008
  • 6 comments

Livingstone is by far the best-qualified candidate to run London - and from an environmental perspective, this is even more the case, argues Mark Lynas

It's getting hot in here

  • 27 March 2008
  • 2 comments

The Hot Topic: How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights On Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King Bloomsbury, 320pp, £9.99

Darling ducked the difficult decisions

  • 19 March 2008
  • 7 comments

The Chancellor can no longer afford to ignore the contribution of international aviation and shipping to our carbon footprint

The power to save Britain

  • 06 March 2008
  • 21 comments

How our island could be supplying Europe with green electricity. Plus Peter Hain on getting real about renewables

Green heroes

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Heroes

Green villains

The top ten

20 green heroes and villains: Villains

Bjorn Lomborg

Cloud control

Cloud control

Interview

Omar Bin Laden

The NS Interview: Omar Bin Laden

What if...

Hugh Gaitskell lived

What if... Hugh Gaitskell had lived

James Macintyre

Brown at war

Like it or not, Brown’s a war leader

Will Self

On brands

We’re all with the brand

Film review

A Serious Man

A Serious Man (15)

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