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.

Vegan diet can stop future pandemics

Brendan Montague

| 5th May 2020

'Ending the exploitation of animals is one of the biggest actions humankind can take to protect itself against future pandemics.'
Europe's largest gas plant - legal fight continues

Brendan Montague

| 4th May 2020

Judge reserves judgement on whether planning approval for Drax's proposed gas plant was unlawful.
BP dropped as judge of portrait award

Brendan Montague

| 4th May 2020

Gary Hume and 77 leading artists argued BP representative must be removed from judging panel because of company's failure to address climate breakdown.
Banking on climate breakdown

Brendan Montague

| 23rd April 2020

Banks must stop funding in climate breakdown driving fossil fuels as the world recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.
Trees planted in Amazon 'arc of deforestation'

Brendan Montague

| 22nd April 2020

Land in Amazon 'arc of deforestation' turned into small scale 'silvopastoral' systems, where animals graze among trees.
Shell shareholders urged to reject pay policy

Brendan Montague

| 21st April 2020

ShareAction recommends Shell shareholders reject pay policy at AGM this May because it 'incentivises further extraction and burning of fossil fuels'.
Plastics industry 'using coronavirus to block regulations'

Brendan Montague

| 21st April 2020

Experts pen open letter demanding the government continue with bans on plastic pollution despite industry lobbying.
Chris Packham: NHS is now threatened

Brendan Montague

| 21st April 2020

Chris Packham, the TV conservationist, is warning that the NHS could collapse during the coronavirus crisis after decades of underfunding.
'Fascinating' study sheds light on plant adaptation

Brendan Montague

| 9th April 2020

Some flowers have learned to bounce back after injury, new study finds.
Psychedelics should be used to treat depression

Brendan Montague

| 3rd April 2020

Psychedelics are an effective tool against a number of mental health conditions but have become an unfortunate victim of the global war on drugs.
Rich 'must not abuse COP26 postponement'

Brendan Montague

Emily Beament

| 2nd April 2020

'Rich countries must not use the Cop26 postponement to delay taking urgent action on reducing emissions and providing climate finance for developing countries.'
Orangutans existence threatened by coronavirus

Brendan Montague

| 27th March 2020

Sepilok Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre has closed its doors to the public as the highly infectious Covid-19 arrives in Borneo.
Pension investments must align with climate goals

Brendan Montague

| 26th March 2020

MP pension fund now supports renewables but remains heavily invested in Shell and BP, annual report shows.
Food growing during the coronavirus crisis

Brendan Montague

| 24th March 2020

Growing your own food during the coronavirus crisis can connect you with nature - and also save on your food bill.
Airlines begging for government cash

Brendan Montague

| 19th March 2020

Airlines - which have avoided fuel tax for decades - are lobbying for taxpayer backed loans to prevent bankruptcy.
A virus is haunting Europe - the vector is capitalism

Brendan Montague

| 18th March 2020

The decision to defend capital has led to governments taking too little action too late to stop the spread of novel coronavirus.
Attenborough urges halt to deep sea mining plans

Brendan Montague

| 12th March 2020

'The rush to mine this pristine and unexplored environment risks creating terrible impacts that cannot be reversed.'
Bristol crowned greenest UK city

Brendan Montague

| 12th March 2020

New online tool compares the sustainability of each major UK city.
Budget 2020: 'disconnect is jaw-dropping'

Catherine Early

Brendan Montague

| 12th March 2020

A new £640 million fund for nature restoration has been welcomed by campaigners - but massive road building plans have come under fire.
Ship noise hampers crab camouflage

Brendan Montague

| 11th March 2020

The stress caused by ship noise means that crabs don’t have as much energy to devote to crucial camouflage.
'We are the change. And change is coming'

Brendan Montague

| 28th February 2020

Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old climate activist, addresses a crowd of 30,000 in Bristol to mark the city's 10th youth climate strike.
Heathrow expansion suffers crash landing

Brendan Montague

| 27th February 2020

'The bell is tolling on the carbon economy loud and clear.'
Old mobile phones are spying on illegal loggers

Brendan Montague

| 25th February 2020

Rainforest Connection has developed a fast and affordable way to detect illegal logging and send real-time alerts to locals on the ground.
Poland’s last new coal plant put on ice

Brendan Montague

| 19th February 2020

Two Polish utilities announce they will suspend funding to the country’s last planned new coal plant, Ostrołęka C.

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