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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/Experts Blame BP For Ignoring Warning Signs That Led To Gulf Disaster
ByBrendan DeMelle
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An independent panel of technical experts released its interim report today, finding that BP and its contractors ignored clear warning signs foretelling the disaster at BP’s Macondo well in the Gul...
us/Incoming Head of House Oversight Committee Rep. Darrell Issa Now Says He Is Unlikely To Probe 'Climategate'
ByBrendan DeMelle
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It seems that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) has lost his appetite for pursuing a ‘Climategate’ investigation, according to The Hill. Rep. Issa is the presumed chair of the House Committee on Oversight a...
us/Pittsburgh Bans Natural Gas Drilling Over Fracking Threat
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The Pittsburgh City Council today unanimously adoped a first-in-the-nation ordinance banning corporations from drilling for natural gas within city limits, a direct response to the threats to drink...
us/Koch Industries: 2010's Dirtiest Opponent of Clean Energy
ByBrendan DeMelle
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This is a guest post by Josh Nelson, the New Media Director at the Alliance for Climate Protection and its Repower America campaign. Three weeks ago, we asked our members to nominate the worst cor...
us/George Marshall: The Ingenious Ways We Avoid Believing in Climate Change
ByBrendan DeMelle
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George Marshall, founder of the UK-based Climate Outreach Information Network, has a new three-part video series exploring ‘The Ingenious Ways We Avoid Believing in Climate Change.’  Marshall explo...
us/Special Interests Enabled By 'Citizens United' Spent $186 Million To Influence U.S. Midterm Races
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The success of GOP and Tea Party-backed candidates in the 2010 U.S. midterm elections was enabled by a massive influx of secretive spending thanks to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Citizens United v...
us/Welcome the GOP Anti-Science Caucus - Only Four GOP House Members Acknowledge Science of Climate Change
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Just how bad is the new crop of Tea Party-infused GOPers when it comes to scientific understanding of climate change?  Pretty mind-bogglingly abyssmal.  A new analysis by the Wonk Room with researc...
us/William Reese: "Warning To the People of Earth"
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Here is a new documentary worth watching compiling the lectures and planetary warning issued by William Rees, the co-creator of the Eco-Footprint concept and Professor in the School of Community an...
us/Outcome of U.S. Midterm Election Already Clear - Polluters Win Again
ByBrendan DeMelle
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While U.S. voters head to the polls today - and everyone from Fox to Politico to your uncle on Facebook becomes a pundit trying to predict the results - the outcome is already crystal clear: pollut...
us/Koch Brothers Are Kings of Alberta Oil Sands Too
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The Tyee notes today that billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch and their company Koch Industries are a major player in Alberta’s dirty oil sands, a fuel source far more polluting than even r...