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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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

The good news from America

  • 14 February 2008
  • 11 comments

Most environmentalists are indeed leftists who support the redistribution of wealth and believe in a simpler lifestyle

Fidel Castro

The last revolutionary

The last revolutionary

Steve Richards

On Tory policy

Our future in their hands

Science

Religion and Darwin

Since the dawn  of time

James Macintyre

Miliband's dilemma

Brussels is back with a vengeance

Will Self

On Oscar Wilde

Where the Wilde things are

Film review

Bright Star

Bright Star (PG)

Books

Paul Auster

Invisible

Interview

Alain de Botton

The Books Interview: Alain de Botton

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