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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

us/Check Out Earthjustice's Fracking Video Short "Things Always Find A Way To Happen"
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Earthjustice released a great video short earlier this month explaining the threats posed by hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for unconventional gas, including water contamination, an exploding hous...
us/Cue the 'Junk Shot': Chesapeake Ready to Cram Plastic and Tires Into Fracking Blowout in PA
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Reuters has more details on Chesapeake’s just-announced suspension of fracking at its unconventional gas operations throughout Pennsylvania due to an ongoing blowout. Apparently, since their emerge...
us/Chesapeake Energy Suspends ALL Fracking in Pennsylvania After Blowout On Eve of BP Anniversary
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Chesapeake Energy announced today the total suspension of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) at its Pennsylvania unconventional gas drilling operations, citing the still out-of-control blowout at one ...
us/Gas Industry Admits Water Contamination in Pennsylvania, Drillers Told To Stop Fracking Wastewater Delivery To POTWs
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Pennsylvania news outlets reported two major developments in the controversy over fracking and unconventional gas today. The president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition has admitted publicly that fr...
us/"Fracking" Shale Gas Emissions Far Worse Than Coal For Climate - Cornell Study
ByBrendan DeMelle
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**UPDATE: The Cornell paper is now available in final, published format here: “Methane and the greenhouse-gas emissions footprint of natural gas from shale formations.”[PDF]The Hill reported this m...
us/Koch Industries' Lobbying Curtain Lifted By Center For Public Integrity
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The Center for Public Integrity has an in-depth look today at Koch Industries’ “Web of Influence” in Washington, revealing the immense growth in Koch’s spending on lobbyists and influence peddling ...
us/Greenwashed Alberta Land Use Plan Protects Tar Sands and Timber Interests Over Athabascan Environment
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The Alberta government released its Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP) today extolling the province’s efforts to protect lands from industrial development – except it turns out the claims more cl...
us/Check Out This PBS Show Tonight, Lester Brown's Plan B: Mobilizing To Save Civilization
ByBrendan DeMelle
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If you’re looking for something good to watch or record on TV tonight, tune in to PBS’s ‘Journey To Planet Earth’ series for a special called ‘Plan B: Mobilizing To Save Civilization.’ (10pm EST, o...
us/FRACKING HELL: The True Cost of America's Gas Rush (Video)
ByBrendan DeMelle
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I recently re-watched this 18-minute video produced by Britain’s Ecologist Film Unit profiling the threats posed by hydraulic fracturing for gas in the Marcellus Shale in the eastern U.S.  It’s an ...
us/PolluterWatch Memo to Koch PR Team: Ever Consider Making Your Astroturf A Little Less Obvious?
ByBrendan DeMelle
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PolluterWatch is serving up a great tongue-in-cheek “memo to the Koch PR team” tonight, noting the obvious blunders from Koch Industries’ astroturfing and attack squad lately. The Kochtopus keeps r...