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.

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    COP26: Meet don't meat

    Brendan Montague
     | 19th August 2021
    Animal rights charity PETA asks COP26 president to serve vegan menu for delegates.

  • Public against animal testing

    Brendan Montague
     | 13th August 2021
    Cruelty Free International, Animal Free Research UK and OneKind join forces to call on the UK Government to end animal testing.
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    'Dump polluting stocks'

    Brendan Montague
     | 6th August 2021
    Stocks in environmentally-minded firms fare better than their polluting peers.
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    The climate solution

    Brendan Montague
     | 1st August 2021
    'Perspectives on a Global Green New Deal' brings together voices from around the world calling for international climate action.

  • The coronavirus vaccine billionaires

    Brendan Montague
     | 24th May 2021
    Nine new vaccine billionaires have a combined net wealth of $19.3 billion - enough to fully vaccinate all people in low-income countries.
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    Climate activists act in concert

    Brendan Montague
     | 26th April 2021
    Climate Live is bringing artists, activists and young people together through music to unite in the fight for climate justice.
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    Support the Great Green Wall movement

    Brendan Montague
     | 12th April 2021
    The Metema forest in Ethiopia, gripped by the devastating effects of the climate crisis, could be extinct in 20 years without urgent action.
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    Big Fish tries to sink Seaspiracy

    Brendan Montague
     | 9th April 2021
    Fishing industry carping about Seapiracy drowns out the real scandal of biodiversity collapse in our oceans.
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    We need global vaccinations

    Brendan Montague
     | 30th March 2021
    Rich nations need to support global efforts to vaccinate populations to prevent dangerous variants of coronavirus mutating.

  • Ocean mammals face extinction

    Brendan Montague
     | 25th March 2021
    Scientists have found that accidental capture by fisheries (bycatch), climate change and pollution are among the key drivers of decline.

  • Fires, floods and media failures

    Brendan Montague
     | 19th March 2021
    There are hundreds of journalists publishing tens of thousands of articles attempting to hold power to account, attempting to educate the public about climate breakdown.
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    There is an 'I' in animal

    Brendan Montague
     | 12th March 2021
    A tiny fish has 'theory of mind'. So - Chris Packham asks in a new BBC series - what makes us humans so different from other animals?
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    Climate commons

    Brendan Montague
     | 11th March 2021
    Think tank calls for greater local stewardship of the net zero climate transition with community energy, heating, housing and natural assets.
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