Mark Lynas

Mark Lynas

Mark Lynas is a climate change writer and activist, author of the acclaimed book 'High Tide' and fortnightly columnist for the New Statesman. He was selected by National Geographic as an 'Emerging Explorer' for 2006, and blogs on www.marklynas.org

Articles by Mark Lynas

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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

If the cap fits, share it

  • 31 January 2008
  • 9 comments

Instead of setting up a new currency in carbon, cap and share utilises the oldest rationing system in the book: the price mechanism

Why Britain doesn't need nuclear power

  • 17 January 2008
  • 17 comments

It is shameful the UK languishes at the bottom of the renewable energy league despite our huge resources

Has global warming really stopped?

  • 14 January 2008
  • 1717 comments

Mark Lynas responds to a controversial article on newstatesman.com which argued global warming has stopped

Tiananmen Square

20 years on

Desperately seeking democracy

Nina Power

Newspeak's legacy

Bamboozle, baffle and blindside

Television

Simon Schama

Simplistic Simon says: “Look at me, everyone!”

Theatre

Liberal guilt

Watch out for the bleeding-heart liberal

Vernon Bogdanor

Worse than Profumo

End of the party

Nicky Wire

The way I see it

Nicky Wire: The way I see it

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Will China rule the world?

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