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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Environment
A new green era is already unfolding
- 15 January 2009
- 7 comments
Obama and the environment
Environment
World saved . . . planet doomed
- 20 November 2008
- 40 comments
Green activists are seeing the global economic crisis as an opportunity, but the truth remains: high economic growth cannot be reconciled with limited resources
Environment
Why greens must learn to love nuclear power
- 18 September 2008
- 83 comments
Global warming and finite resources mean our way of life is more threatened than ever, and it's time for the environmental movement to face up to some hard truths
Art
Seeing the bigger picture
- 04 September 2008
- 4 comments
A soon-to-be published collection of photographs demonstrates that art is vital in helping us understand the impact of human beings on the environment
Environment
How nuclear power can save the planet
- 14 August 2008
- 13 comments
Increased use of nuclear (an outright competitor to coal as a deliverer of baseload power) is essential to combat climate change
Environment
Coming to a screen near you - me!
- 31 July 2008
- 6 comments
How things have changed. Today, bookshops have entire shelves devoted to climate change. Television, too, has belatedly begun to catch up
Environment
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
Environment
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
Environment
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
Environment
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
