Brendan Montague

Trump and Brexit represent the final battle in a century long war for free market economics - and against the state provision of education, health and welfare services, and regulations designed to protect human health and the natural environment. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

Scientists were warning about the dangers of climate change even before America discovered and used oil on an industrial scale. Here, we see how in the 1980s it appeared politicians would rise to the challenges it presents. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

Lord Lawson, a leading advocate of Brexit and a climate denier, was responsible for the sale of BP in 1987. BRENDAN MONTAGE recalls how Lawson went ahead with the biggest share sale in human history - on the worst possible day

Fakenomics: Lord Lawson created Britain's privatised energy industry. He now supports their interests by denying the need for robust climate change policies. But he didn't support everyone who worked for coal, oil and gas companies. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

Lord Lawson is today the main voice of climate denial in Britain - and 30 years ago he was personally responsible for the British state losing control over our reserves of fossil fuels. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

Prime minister Margaret Thatcher meets free market economist Friedrich von Hayek at IEA. She appoints Lord Lawson and they direct privatisation of British energy interests. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

The founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs argued free markets needed honesty. But his own financial success was based on smuggling - and the IEA was itself conceived with the help of a white lie. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

A fateful meeting between economist Friedrich von Hayek and British the industrial chicken farmer Antony Fisher had lasting consequences—including for the debate about climate change policy. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

Antony Fisher founded the IEA - the instigator of UK climate denial and now at the centre of the 'influencing Brexit' scandal. His dramatic life story is a vital morality tale for those concerned about climate change.

Hayek achieved his dream of becoming a university academic - but could he really challenge the intellectual prowess and political influence of the master John Maynard Keynes? BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

New guidance on building hedgehogs the perfect home has been published by the British Hedgehog Preservation Society (BHPS) and People’s Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), based on last year's Hedgehog Housing Census. MARIANNE BROOKER reports

Hayek is the intellectual inspiration for neoliberal think tanks and their war against Socialism, government regulation and, today, the European Union. But are these tankers really faithful to his ideas? BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates

The first part of our FAKENOMICS series opens with our Antony Fisher, the founder of the Institute of Economics, experiencing a harrowing experience during the Battle of Britain and the war against totalitarianism

The Mammals on Roads survey plays a vital role in the ongoing conservation of British wildlife. Find out how you can help the People's Trust for Endangered Species. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports.

Parliamentarians wildly overestimate opposition to onshore wind power, according to a new survey. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

Neonicotinoid chemicals used as chemicals came under European Union restrictions five years ago - but our cities' bees are still being bombarded, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE

An open letter to the newly merged ethical certification standards, UTZ and Rainforest Alliance, urging them to maintain and improve on their certification criteria as they develop their new standard, from MACKENZIE DENYER, CLARE CARLILE and BRENDAN MONTAGUE

Last of his Tribe lives on his own in the Amazon forest, Brazil. He does not want to make contact with the rest of the world. It is believed his tribe were murdered on behalf of colonialists and ranchers. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

Shell is hoping to recruit its next generation of talent at a recruitment event in Olympic Park, London. And it hopes its investment in renewable energy will justify its slick slogan Make the Future. But millennial climate activists are calling them out, reports BRENDAN MONTAGUE

Men generally want speed, acceleration, style. Women want there to be a planet when their children grow up. That's pretty much the findings of a University of Sussex study into who will buy electric vehicles and why, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE

Ecotricity today announces the world’s first 'vegan electricity' and reveals energy’s dirty secret. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

BRENDAN MONTAGUE is impressed, but not entirely convinced, by an ambitious work with potentially far-reaching significance

The TV cameras were diligently trained on the cyclists competing in the annual Tour of Flanders. But their footage has provided *yet further* evidence that climate change is having a dramatic impact on nature. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

ClientEarth, the environmental lawyers, welcome the latest move by the Chinese to protect nature in the world's largest developing countries. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports