Brendan Montague

Brendan Montague is editor of The Ecologist, founder of Request Initiative and co-author of Impact of Market Forces on Addictive Substances and Behaviours: The web of influence of addictive industries (Oxford University Press). He tweets at @EcoMontague.

  • Climate Case Ireland

    Historic win for Climate Case Ireland

    Brendan Montague
     | 5th August 2020
    Irish Supreme Court rules that government's National Mitigation Plan must be more ambitious if it is to comply with Ireland’s national and international climate obligations.
  • Transport van for racing pigeons

    Against pigeon racing

    Brendan Montague
     | 3rd August 2020
    Human rights barrister Michael Mansfield QC condemns cruel industry after PETA exposes mass bird deaths at international race.
  • Coconut

    Coconut consumer conundrum

    Brendan Montague
     | 8th July 2020
    Coconut oil production may be more damaging to the environment than palm oil, researchers say.

  • Homeowners' £2billion for insulation

    Emily Beament
    Brendan Montague
     | 7th July 2020
    Conservatives previously pledged £9.2 billion for energy efficiency, including £2.9 billion for public buildings and £6.3 billion for low income homes and social housing.
  • Mask

    Lessons from Covid-19

    Brendan Montague
     | 5th July 2020
    Learn from Covid-19 pandemic to prevent environmental catastrophe, scientists argue.
  • Keeping to COVID-19 social distancing rules, 7 bikes carrying ad screens with huge faces of people attending virtually cycled across Westminster Bridge and parked up near Parliament Square to bring the people to Parliament with their asks for MPs.

    The time for a green recovery is now

    Brendan Montague
     | 1st July 2020
    A total of 73 percent think that the time is now to call on the government to invest in a healthier, fairer, green society, post Covid-19.
  • pheasant

    Game bird release judicial review

    Brendan Montague
     | 30th June 2020
    Wild Justice granted permission to apply for Judicial Review into impact of release of more than 50 million gamebirds.
  • Meat processing

    Calls for closure of meat processing plants

    Brendan Montague
     | 29th June 2020
    Animal welfare charity Viva! calls for the end of factory farming and the permanent closure of meat processing plants in response to the disease outbreak.
  • Park

    Lessons from a lockdown

    Brendan Montague
     | 23rd June 2020
    Two thirds of adults in England think their local green space or nearby countryside could be enhanced.

  • Capitalism is the virus

    Brendan Montague
     | 13th June 2020
    'Capitalism, colonialism, and ecological devastation are all cause and effect of each other, and they coevolved together.'

  • Tory tree promise in tatters

    Brendan Montague
     | 12th June 2020
    Boris Johnson promised 30m trees planted by 2025 during high stakes general election - but his government is already failing to deliver.

  • George Monbiot: From coronavirus to public luxury

    Brendan Montague
     | 11th June 2020
    The environmental campaigner and journalist argues we need to abandon capitalism as we recover from coronavirus and establish a new economy of private sufficiency and public luxury.
  • Captive lion shot on hunt, South Africa

    Trophy hunters exposed

    Brendan Montague
     | 3rd June 2020
    New book reveals explosive insight into hidden world of trophy hunting.

  • Sunshine and climate breakdown

    Emily Beament
    Brendan Montague
     | 2nd June 2020
    England has seen its driest May on record and Wales its second driest in records stretching back to 1862.
  • Beaver by a riverbank

    Beaver killings in Scotland

    Brendan Montague
     | 1st June 2020
    Legal killing of 1-in-5 Scottish beavers spotlights need for fresh approach across Britain.
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