brendan's articles Environmental Science Bottom trawling ban ‘must be top of agenda’ The British Government has been told to introduce a complete ban on ocean bottom trawling in its waters, as a former environment minister said some companies were treating the seas like a “bottomless pit”. Labour’s Barry Gardiner said trawlers with nets that stretched more than a mile long “scrape away the existence of all life […] Written by brendan October 18, 2025October 18, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science Hyperscale data centres will ‘turbocharge emissions’ Strain However, incredibly, there is as yet no national level guidance on planning for water use by data centres – and the operators themselves have been unwilling to give detailed information. The industry likes to talk up its use of air-cooling, or to indicate how much of its water is actually recycled. But air-cooling and […] Written by brendan October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science Sovereign forests There might be ways to harvest resources responsibly, but a cleaner option is a shift in cultural attitudes to reduce consumption among industrialised nations. Public outcry could leverage pressure on politicians to enlarge ranges for flora and fauna. Profit Considering the waste that has resulted over the past hundreds of years by industrial societies, modern […] Written by brendan October 11, 2025October 11, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science Where police are paid to kill Supporters argue this is an effective step to combat organised crime, but critics describe it as a state-sanctioned execution. To many residents of Rio’s poorest communities, living in the shadow of both drug gangs and police raids, it feels like something out of a dystopian movie. Imagine waking up in a community knowing that your […] Written by brendan October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science The real power brokers Similarly, the big four professional services companies – Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PWC – all make fortunes helping the fossil fuel industry. While they generally talk a good game on climate action, in reality, they aren’t in the business of putting major clients out of business. Extraction Together, these firms produce a vast economic interest vested in the status quo, […] Written by brendan October 4, 2025October 4, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science A century of Woodcraft Folk Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the former MP for Brighton Kemptown, started attending his local group aged six. Three decades later, having spent seven years in parliament, he has now been appointed chief executive of the charity he grew up in. Responsibilities “It guided my most formative work” he tells me “I went into politics because of Woodcraft […] Written by brendan September 30, 2025September 30, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science Science fiction offers hope in the dark If these fierce Gen Z movements across the Global South start to link up and fight atmospheric colonisation and climate breakdown, fossil capital should probably watch out. While the impacts of climate breakdown are falling hardest on the Global South, here in South Korea, rural areas are being hit hardest. In March and early May, […] Written by brendan September 27, 2025September 27, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science A storm is coming A storm is coming Channel News brendan 23rd September 2025 Teaser Media Written by brendan September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science Protecting the protectors As part of its long-term conservation efforts in the Amazon, The Caring Family Foundation has partnered with Associação Médicos Da Floresta (AMDAF) to launch a medical bus that provides specialist healthcare to Indigenous Amazonian communities, including gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiology and ophthalmology diagnosis and treatment. Since the start of the year, the mobile health unit has offered […] Written by brendan September 20, 2025September 20, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science Declaring war on the climate Military spending rises will increase these emissions. However, the exact relationship between military spending and military carbon emissions is highly complex and not easy to predict. For example, will extra funding be mainly used to increase military activity, leading to rises in fossil fuel use by combat planes or warships? Or will the funding be […] Written by brendan September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science The climate squeeze As in the case of wildfire air pollution, we tend to think of big, headline-grabbing events when we think about the health impacts of climate change. And yet, just as important are the slow forms of violence that constrict and damage our lives. Heatwaves encapsulate this kind of climate attrition. The summer of 2023 was […] Written by brendan September 12, 2025September 12, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Environmental Science Pig and poultry farming pollution scandal Pollution from the “huge” pig and poultry farming sectors is harming rivers, the wider landscape and nature, a report from the Wildlife Trusts warns. The findings from the report into the environmental impact of the sectors reveal the waste from producing millions of pigs and billions of birds and eggs a year is about 10.4 […] Written by brendan September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked Loading Load more
Environmental Science Bottom trawling ban ‘must be top of agenda’ The British Government has been told to introduce a complete ban on ocean bottom trawling in its waters, as a former environment minister said some companies were treating the seas like a “bottomless pit”. Labour’s Barry Gardiner said trawlers with nets that stretched more than a mile long “scrape away the existence of all life […] Written by brendan October 18, 2025October 18, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Hyperscale data centres will ‘turbocharge emissions’ Strain However, incredibly, there is as yet no national level guidance on planning for water use by data centres – and the operators themselves have been unwilling to give detailed information. The industry likes to talk up its use of air-cooling, or to indicate how much of its water is actually recycled. But air-cooling and […] Written by brendan October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Sovereign forests There might be ways to harvest resources responsibly, but a cleaner option is a shift in cultural attitudes to reduce consumption among industrialised nations. Public outcry could leverage pressure on politicians to enlarge ranges for flora and fauna. Profit Considering the waste that has resulted over the past hundreds of years by industrial societies, modern […] Written by brendan October 11, 2025October 11, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Where police are paid to kill Supporters argue this is an effective step to combat organised crime, but critics describe it as a state-sanctioned execution. To many residents of Rio’s poorest communities, living in the shadow of both drug gangs and police raids, it feels like something out of a dystopian movie. Imagine waking up in a community knowing that your […] Written by brendan October 8, 2025October 8, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science The real power brokers Similarly, the big four professional services companies – Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PWC – all make fortunes helping the fossil fuel industry. While they generally talk a good game on climate action, in reality, they aren’t in the business of putting major clients out of business. Extraction Together, these firms produce a vast economic interest vested in the status quo, […] Written by brendan October 4, 2025October 4, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science A century of Woodcraft Folk Lloyd Russell-Moyle, the former MP for Brighton Kemptown, started attending his local group aged six. Three decades later, having spent seven years in parliament, he has now been appointed chief executive of the charity he grew up in. Responsibilities “It guided my most formative work” he tells me “I went into politics because of Woodcraft […] Written by brendan September 30, 2025September 30, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Science fiction offers hope in the dark If these fierce Gen Z movements across the Global South start to link up and fight atmospheric colonisation and climate breakdown, fossil capital should probably watch out. While the impacts of climate breakdown are falling hardest on the Global South, here in South Korea, rural areas are being hit hardest. In March and early May, […] Written by brendan September 27, 2025September 27, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science A storm is coming A storm is coming Channel News brendan 23rd September 2025 Teaser Media Written by brendan September 23, 2025September 23, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Protecting the protectors As part of its long-term conservation efforts in the Amazon, The Caring Family Foundation has partnered with Associação Médicos Da Floresta (AMDAF) to launch a medical bus that provides specialist healthcare to Indigenous Amazonian communities, including gynaecology, paediatrics, cardiology and ophthalmology diagnosis and treatment. Since the start of the year, the mobile health unit has offered […] Written by brendan September 20, 2025September 20, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Declaring war on the climate Military spending rises will increase these emissions. However, the exact relationship between military spending and military carbon emissions is highly complex and not easy to predict. For example, will extra funding be mainly used to increase military activity, leading to rises in fossil fuel use by combat planes or warships? Or will the funding be […] Written by brendan September 16, 2025September 16, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science The climate squeeze As in the case of wildfire air pollution, we tend to think of big, headline-grabbing events when we think about the health impacts of climate change. And yet, just as important are the slow forms of violence that constrict and damage our lives. Heatwaves encapsulate this kind of climate attrition. The summer of 2023 was […] Written by brendan September 12, 2025September 12, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Environmental Science Pig and poultry farming pollution scandal Pollution from the “huge” pig and poultry farming sectors is harming rivers, the wider landscape and nature, a report from the Wildlife Trusts warns. The findings from the report into the environmental impact of the sectors reveal the waste from producing millions of pigs and billions of birds and eggs a year is about 10.4 […] Written by brendan September 9, 2025September 9, 2025 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked