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.

XR, ecolocracy and decision making

Brendan Montague

| 17th October 2019

Environmental organisations of all kinds are engaged in decision making. What can 'ecolocracy' add to this most difficult of issues?
'Living laboratory of climate science'

Brendan Montague

| 16th October 2019

Measuring extreme results of global warming in the Andes is key to understanding how to cope with climate change worldwide.
China to meet ultra-low emissions goals

Brendan Montague

Marianne Brooker

| 15th October 2019

China is on track to meet its ultra-low emissions goals for 2020.
Extinction Rebellion occupy London sites for first week

Brendan Montague

| 12th October 2019

Read our live reports from the first week of the Extinction Rebellion international uprising.
National Theatre drops Shell sponsorship

Brendan Montague

| 11th October 2019

Campaigners celebrate as second major theatre drops oil sponsorship.
Accelerating climate action

Brendan Montague

| 10th October 2019

Climate action charity Possible has published a report outlining ten bold ideas to accelerate climate action in the 2020s.
A dialectical definition of Aristotle's dialectic - Part I

Brendan Montague

| 10th October 2019

Using Aristotle's dialectic to define Aristotle's dialectic.
On Aristotle's dialectical method

Brendan Montague

| 7th October 2019

The aims, scope and method of Aristotle's dialectic.
Microplastics may harm human health

Brendan Montague

| 3rd October 2019

‘Serious questions’ raised over plastic and immune health.
No British apology for 1769 Maori massacre

Brendan Montague

Padraig Collins

| 2nd October 2019

Laura Clarke, the British High Commissioner to New Zealand, is meeting Maori tribal leaders in the town of Gisborne in New Zealand today.
Indonesian songbird crisis

Brendan Montague

| 2nd October 2019

Researchers find 75 million birds are kept in Indonesian homes, risking extinction for some species.
Jackdaws of the world unite!

Brendan Montague

Nina Massey

| 2nd October 2019

Jackdaws know there is safety in numbers - coming together to ward off predators.
Severe threat to historic British landscapes

Brendan Montague

| 27th September 2019

Climate crisis impacts such as sea-level rise, coastal erosion and flooding pose a serious threat to archaeology and heritage, according to new research.
Delivering net zero

Brendan Montague

| 26th September 2019

New £1.25m study will explore how to deliver a fair and just Net Zero transition.
The nature of Aristotle's dialectic

Brendan Montague

| 26th September 2019

To change the world we must understand it, and the foundations of this understanding are the definitions we use.
Strike action shuts down The Ecologist

Brendan Montague

| 19th September 2019

Environmental news website shuts down during biggest climate protest in human history.
Brexit threatens EU climate action

Brendan Montague

| 18th September 2019

The UK has been a key player in securing stronger EU climate regulations. Brexit could give climate deniers more influence.
Feel the fear of climate breakdown

Brendan Montague

| 16th September 2019

Former chief scientist Sir David King says situation so grave UK should cut emissions of greenhouse gases to almost zero by 2040.
Brexit threatens food regulations

Brendan Montague

| 11th September 2019

New analysis by legal experts at the University of Sussex-based UK TPO warns that vital regulation could be stripped away.
Local authorities 'on notice'

Brendan Montague

| 3rd September 2019

ClientEarth lawyers have put 100 local authorities across England on notice over climate inaction.
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.
The future of Poland's 'last coal plant'

Brendan Montague

| 6th August 2019

Court win in world-first climate risk case puts future of Poland's Ostrołęka C coal plant in question.

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