Brendan Montague

The Ecologist

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.

Sainsbury’s ditches plastic tampon applicators

Brendan Montague

| 21st August 2019

Sainsbury's is the first supermarket retailer to remove plastic applicators from their own-brand tampon range.
Learning from lawyers

Brendan Montague

| 19th August 2019

Brendan Montague of the Ecologist interviews environment lawyer and founder of ClientEarth, James Thornton.
Investment tribunals undermine climate action

Brendan Montague

| 8th August 2019

ClientEarth urges parties involved in ISDS reform to address the 'regulatory chill' effects on climate change policy.
Greta sets sail for Trump's America

Brendan Montague

| 30th July 2019

Greta will join large-scale climate demonstrations on September 20 and 27.
New environment secretary backed fracking

Brendan Montague

| 25th July 2019

Theresa Villiers backed fracking, but calls for action on climate change and spoke out against Heathrow expansion.
The nature of Aristotle's logic

Brendan Montague

| 18th July 2019

Aristotle's logic provides the foundation for the dialectical theory of change.
Disney's 'paltry' conservation support

Brendan Montague

| 17th July 2019

Sir David Attenborough calls for conservation funding from firms that profit from animal imagery - but Lion King maker's support is paw.
Fossil fuels and energy investment

Brendan Montague

| 11th July 2019

Fossil fuels increasingly offer a poor return on energy investment, new study finds.
Philosophy and science of change

Brendan Montague

| 3rd July 2019

Philosophical tools have an urgent practical application as we develop a theory of change appropriate to the scale of climate crisis.
Global economy and net zero

Brendan Montague

| 28th June 2019

One-sixth of global economy under net zero targets, ECIU analysis shows.
Sack Minister for 'assaulting' protester

Brendan Montague

Helen William

Jennifer McKiernan

| 21st June 2019

Mark Field, Foreign Office Minister, is under investigation after 'horrific' moment when he physically grabs climate protester is filmed by Greenpeace.
May day for climate breakdown

Brendan Montague

| 12th June 2019

Gore. Blair. Obama. Miliband. And now May. Why is spouting hot air about climate change the last refuge of failed, compromised politicians?
Trophy hunting lobbyists 'pose as conservationists'

Brendan Montague

| 6th June 2019

The trophy hunting industry 'set up a conservation front group' to persuade the authorities to allow hunting of threatened wildlife, it is claimed.
Trump clueless on climate breakdown

Brendan Montague

Press Association

| 6th June 2019

Donald Trump, president of the United States, demonstrates a complete absence of any understanding of climate change.
Envirocidal

Brendan Montague

| 5th June 2019

The best solution to the compound crises of climate, biodiversity and soil depletion is to simply stop eating animals.
RoundUp - understanding the risks

Brendan Montague

| 3rd June 2019

Monsanto currently faces more than 13,000 consumer lawsuits due to the dangerous health effects of its weed killer Roundup.
London’s circular economy week

Brendan Montague

| 3rd June 2019

Organisations called on to drive sustainable business practices during London’s Circular Economy Week.
Labour's 'green industrial revolution'

Brendan Montague

| 16th May 2019

Nationalise National Grid and divert £13 billion profits to renewable energy revolution - says Labour party.
What next for XR? Ecologist readers share expertise

Brendan Montague

| 3rd May 2019

XR activists and readers of The Ecologist argue campaign should tackle capitalism and big business while acting locally and engaging with students.
Mayor of London Sadiq Khan meets XR

Mason Boycott-Owen

Brendan Montague

| 30th April 2019

'All our politicians are now operating in a different political landscape'.
Extinction Rebellion targets seat of capitalism

Brendan Montague

| 25th April 2019

Extinction Rebellion hits the financial district - echoing Occupy London protests that began in 2011 and lasted months.
Protesters' die-in at Natural History Museum

Brendan Montague

| 23rd April 2019

Extinction Rebellion protest enters second week.
Arrests spiral at XR occupations

Brendan Montague

| 16th April 2019

Extinction Rebellion demands government action on climate breakdown while filling London's police cells.
Needing change, changing needs

Brendan Montague

| 3rd April 2019

How might a post-capitalist society evolve to meet the needs of humans and the natural world?

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