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.

  • Boris gets a second wind

    Shaun Connolly
    Brendan Montague
     | 6th October 2020
    The Prime Minister will say the coronavirus crisis should be used as a catalyst to make the UK world leader in clean power generation.
  • Footprint

    Discovery of a new mass extinction

    Brendan Montague
     | 17th September 2020
    Scientists identify great extinction event that had a major role in helping to reset life on land and in the oceans.

  • Public wants radical climate action

    Emily Beament
    Brendan Montague
     | 10th September 2020
    The UK’s first citizens’ assembly has now established beyond doubt that the public want radical action to prevent climate breakdown.
  • Sun through the trees

    Rewilding better than tree planting

    Brendan Montague
     | 7th September 2020
    Rewilding Britain supports a doubling of the country’s woodland cover over the next decade, from 13 percent now to at least 26 percent.
  • Cantonese food in China

    Multinationals driving climate breakdown

    Brendan Montague
     | 4th September 2020
    'If the world’s leading companies exercised leadership on climate change they could have a transformative effect on global efforts to reduce emissions.'
  • XR x Exxon

    XR v Exxon

    Brendan Montague
     | 28th August 2020
    Eco-activists demonstrate outside ExxonMobil’s HQ to demand end to oil production and greenwashing.
  • Hurricane Irma

    Hurricanes in Caribbean to increase

    Brendan Montague
     | 28th August 2020
    Caribbean particularly vulnerable to climate breakdown with extreme hurricane rainfall five times more likely in a warmer world.
  • Water

    Action on water security

    Brendan Montague
     | 24th August 2020
    Covid-19 pandemic should be a wake-up call for water security.
  • Twyford Rising

    Twyford Down protests re-lived in new book

    Brendan Montague
     | 20th August 2020
    Twyford Rising is not just a great story, but helps us understand today’s protests and is packed with inspiration for current campaigners.
  • Loggin in Manu national park

    Voices on the road

    Brendan Montague
     | 14th August 2020
    New documentary on indigenous rights and the future of the Amazon launches online.
  • 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.
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