Brendan DeMelle

Brendan DeMelle is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a writer specializing in media, politics, and disinformation. He also serves as Chair of DeSmog UK, and lives in Seattle, Washington.

Articles by Brendan DeMelle

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Longtime DeSmog reporter and author of The Petroleum Papers will play a key leadership role as we investigate a global resurgence of climate obstruction.

Longtime DeSmog reporter and author of The Petroleum Papers will play a key leadership role as we investigate a global resurgence of climate obstruction.
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Gelbspan was a pioneer in climate accountability journalism, and an early contributing writer at DeSmog.

Gelbspan was a pioneer in climate accountability journalism, and an early contributing writer at DeSmog.
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A new investigation illuminates the gas industryโ€™s 50-year PR campaign weaponizing science to promote doubt over the health effects of gas stoves and obstruct regulation.

A new investigation illuminates the gas industryโ€™s 50-year PR campaign weaponizing science to promote doubt over the health effects of gas stoves and obstruct regulation.
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Executives discussing plans to export 14 million tons of gas per year from the west coast of Canada at LNG2023 didnโ€™t want our reporter there to cover it.

Executives discussing plans to export 14 million tons of gas per year from the west coast of Canada at LNG2023 didnโ€™t want our reporter there to cover it.
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Weber Shandwick also hosted a roundtable on โ€œauthenticโ€ climate communication.

Weber Shandwick also hosted a roundtable on โ€œauthenticโ€ climate communication.
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DeSmog has created a new position to expand our investigative capacity in covering the global climate crisis, energy politics, and the struggles for environmental justice across the planet.

DeSmog has created a new position to expand our investigative capacity in covering the global climate crisis, energy politics, and the struggles for environmental justice across the planet.
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Weโ€™re evolving and expanding globally to keep up with the evolution of climate science denial.

Weโ€™re evolving and expanding globally to keep up with the evolution of climate science denial.
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Today, DeSmog and the Climate Investigations Center are co-launching a large collection of documents from Exxon's Canadian subsidiary, Imperial Oil, that DeSmog collected from a company archive in ...
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DeSmog was launched in January 2006 to call out the public relations industry for working with fossil fuel industry clients to sow doubt and seed misinformation about climate science. In those earl...
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Massachusettsย filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil today over the company's misinformation campaign to delay action to address climateย change.ย  Attorney General Maura Healey told reporters in a pres...