Brendan Montague

The Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegation is travelling to Europe on April 20 to call on banks and financial institutions to withdraw funding from extractive industries that threaten their environment and way of life. The delegation is being facilitated by the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

The success of Blue Planet II has transformed Britain into a country were millions of people are extremely concerned about the impact plastics are having on our marine and local environments. Scientists have now announced that they have discovered an enzyme that can break down this waste so it can be more easily recycled, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE

The future of UK fisheries depends on a government white paper which is due this Spring. This will decide whether Britain will regulate fishing properly and sustainably after Brexit. ClientEarth, the environmental lawyers, argues this is essential for the future of marine life, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE

A Dispatches investigation has uncovered evidence of hardwood forests being chopped down to provide 'green energy' for the UK. Experts say unique habitats rich in wildlife are under threat as Britain’s power stations switch from burning coal to wood, writes BRENDAN MONTAGUE

Colombia has recognised the autonomy of indigenous communities across the Amazon through a new decree - described as the most important step for Amazon indigenous rights in 30 years. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

The wildlife conservation charity World Land Trust (WLT) is urgently raising funds to protect tropical forest in the Amazonian Andes of Ecuador, where hundreds of species are threatened by plans to build a road that would lead to habitat destruction. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

Friends of the Earth Amsterdam - supported by its international organisation - is threatening to take Shell to court. But unlike any other legal challenge, they are not asking for compensation. The charity claims this will limit the company's investments in fossil fuels. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

The League Against Cruel Sports argues the conviction of the head gamekeeper of the Buckminster Estate shows that hunts are 'still chasing and killing foxes in the British countryside'. They have asked the public to sign its petition against hunting. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

The huldufolk have disappeared from the Faroe Islands, and with them an ancient understanding of nature. They vanished when in the 1950s when the roads and the lights appeared. Now, the local community are coming to terms with further extinctions - and a threat to their own lives from coal pollution. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reviews The Islands and the Whales, out tomorrow.

The Campaign for Rural England has been campaigning for a bottle deposit return system in the UK for a decade. Today, they applaud Michael Gove, the environment secretary, for "finally accepting" the environmental and economic case for the national scheme in his "long-awaited decision". CATHERINE HARTE reports

It seems building firms are quite happy with business as usual - it's the hedge funders who want a deregulation bonanza. The third in a three piece series on EU environmental regulations and Brexit by BRENDAN MONTAGUE

ExxonMobil, Shell, BP and 44 of the world’s biggest producers of fossil fuel products stand accused knowingly contributing to dangerous climate change in the first legal case of its kind. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

Britain now stands half way between the triggering of Article 50 and leaving the EU. Yet, we still cannot be clear what will happen to environmental regulations. We shouldn’t be demonising regulations that are there to protect our future as “red tape”. Part two of a three part series by BRENDAN MONTAGUE

James Thornton, the chief executive of ClientEarth, will call for a ban on any new secret trade courts that allow companies to sue governments for imposing environmental regulations. He is giving a keynote speech at a conference attended by Michael Gove, the environment secretary, today. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

The famous and somewhat abstract Beatles lyric reflects on "a soap impression of his wife" being donated to the National Trust. But what the charity really needs is hard currency - and in the next few days its average membership fee is about to go up 50p. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

A new report recommends how best to protect and restore a valuable marine ecosystem in west Hawaii - home to vibrant coral reefs, fish, green sea turtles, spinner dolphins, whales, and manta rays. CATHERINE HARTE reports

The expansion of logging quotas in the Bialowieza Forest in Poland threatened one of Europe's oldest woodlands. However, the resignation of a minister and today's legal opinion from the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU suggest the trees are safe. CATHERINE HARTE and BRENDAN MONTAGUE report

TV presenter and animal welfare campaigner Chris Packham has criticised conservation charity the RSPB - of which he is vice president - for accepting sponsorship from binoculars manufacturers who promote hunting. BRENDAN MONTAGUE and CATHERINE EARLY report

Jeremy Corbyn has been a vegetarian for 20 years. And now he may just become prime minister. He has chosen Valentine's Day to launch its animal welfare programme and court the environmental community. But can this be love at first sight? BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the Labour party, today called for a new democratically controlled, localised energy system to deliver a transition to a low carbon economy and help prevent climate change. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

Organic food and drink now makes up 1.5 percent of Britain's shopping baskets after six years of steady growth, according to a Soil Association report published today. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

So the love of your life went all vegan during Veganuary. And now there is just a week until you have to present them with the best of vegan gifts. But don't fear. The Ecologist is here! BRENDAN MONTAGUE breakfasts on a huge range of the best teas, chocolates and gins so you don't have to...

The master of the Dwyryd Hunt in North Wales has been convicted of badger bating and sent to prison for 22 weeks following a prosecution by the RSPCA. The League Against Cruel Sports claim the case if further evidence between hunting and other deadly sports. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

A master of a fox hunt has been convicted and awaits sentencing for taking part in cruel badger bating. The League Against Cruel Sports has called for him to resign and to close down the hunt. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports