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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/BREAKING: Chevron Guilty of Amazon Rainforest Destruction, Judge Issues $8 Billion Fine
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Amazon Watch and Rainforest Action Network just announced a major victory for the Amazon rainforest. An Ecuadorean judge today found Chevron guilty of one of the largest environmental crimes in his...
us/Environment Minister Peter Kent Claims Climate "Plan Is Working" and Canadians Are "Proud" of Tar Sands
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Peter Kent, Canada’s Minister of the Environment, suggested in a raucous Parliamentary exchange on Tuesday that Canadian leaders “have a plan, and the plan is working” to address climate change.  H...
us/David Koch and Wife Julia Observe Real Grassroots From A Safe Distance
ByBrendan DeMelle
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A photograph from the billionaires’ Kochtopus summit in Rancho Mirage this weekend shows a very concerned looking David and Julia Koch witnessing the 1000+ protestors gathered on the street for the...
us/Greenpeace Airship Hovers Over Secretive Koch Summit with Message "Koch Brothers: Dirty Money"
ByBrendan DeMelle
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UPDATE: Video footage of the Greenpeace airship flight below this post.A Greenpeace airship today flew over the secretive Rancho Mirage polluter strategy meeting hosted by billionaire brothers Char...
us/Coal Money And Violent Rhetoric Hold Appalachia Captive to Dirty Energy
ByBrendan DeMelle
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While Rep. Gabrielle Giffords continues her amazing recovery in the wake of the tragic Tucson shootings, the coal industry and its captive members in Congress and the right wing media continue to t...
us/Oil Supermajors Desperately Chasing a Tar Sands Pipe Dream
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The six major oil companies that for decades enjoyed phenomenal profits and power over the world’s oil supply now find themselves fighting over the dirtiest and most dangerous oil left - Alberta’s ...
us/David Koch Denies Climate Change, Appears Bewildered When Asked About Citizens United by ThinkProgress
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Lee Fang from ThinkProgress had the chance to conduct an impromptu interview with billionaire polluter magnate David Koch of Koch Industries last week in Washington.  Despite the best efforts of Am...
us/David Koch: "There's Some Extremists" in the Tea Party, But Others "Normal People Like Us"
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Lee Fang from ThinkProgress was able to interview David Koch briefly today during Koch’s visit to Washington to congratulate his freshly purchased Congress. Fang persistently sought Koch’s opinion ...
us/Remembering Judy Bonds, Heroic Organizer Who Fought Mountaintop Removal With Everything She Had
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Judy Bonds, the fearlessly outspoken activist and community organizer who devoted her life to saving her native Appalachian mountains from the ravages of mountaintop removal coal mining, passed awa...
us/Future of Coal Dims Further in 2010, But Dying Industry Still Killing and Polluting
ByBrendan DeMelle
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2010 was a dark year for the dirty U.S. coal industry, with the deaths of 48 coal miners – the deadliest year in nearly two decades – and widespread recognition of the threat posed by hazardous coa...