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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/Coal Lobbyists Wooed White House Staff To Influence Coal Ash Regulations Long Before Public Hearings
ByBrendan DeMelle
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While the final EPA hearing is happening today in Tennessee to solicit public input on federal proposals to regulate toxic coal ash, a new report [PDF] from DeSmogBlog and PolluterWatch shows that ...
us/Elusive Charles Koch Deploys Security To Block Joel Francis’ Visit to Koch Industries HQ to Invite Debate on Prop 23
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Joel Francis, the Cal State-Los Angeles senior and Marine Corps veteran, today followed through on his promise to visit Koch Industries headquarters in Wichita, Kansas to formally deliver his lette...
us/UVA Defends Against Ken Cuccinelli Attacks On Climate Science and Academic Freedom
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The University of Virginia has filed two new responses in its ongoing court battle fending off Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s politically-motivated witch hunt against climate scientist ...
us/Charles Koch Challenged To Debate Prop 23 By California Student Leader Joel Francis
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Joel Francis, a Marine Corps veteran and senior at Cal State Los Angeles, has issued a debate challenge to Koch Industries’ billionaire CEO Charles Koch on his support for the disastrous Prop 23 at...
us/Oil Industry And Canadian Govt Team Up To Attack European Fuel Standards That Could Limit Alberta Tar Sands Development
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The Tyee has an excellent piece exploring the joint lobbying efforts of the Canadian government and the oil industry to attack European climate legislation that would set a precedent that could eve...
us/NY Times Editorial: Cheney-trained Republicans Have Disappeared In a Fog Of Disinformation on Climate
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The New York Times editorial today focuses on the influence of Dick Cheney’s brand of denialism to explain the fact that none of the Republican candidates for U.S. Senate accept the scientific cons...
us/David Koch Has Direct Contact With Tea Party Astroturf Organizers At Americans For Prosperity Event
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The billionaire Koch brothers have long claimed that they have no direct connection to the Tea Party, denying that their vast oil wealth is directly funding corporate front groups like Americans Fo...
us/Joe Manchin Loves Coal, Hates Climate Legislation, Proves It With Guns
ByBrendan DeMelle
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West Virginia Democratic Senate Candidate Joe Manchin, the current governor who is running in a tight race to fill the vacancy left by the death of Senator Robert Byrd, really loves dirty coal. No ...
us/Washington Post Op-Ed by Mike Mann: Get the anti-science bent out of politics
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Prominent climate scientist Michael Mann, who has endured a seemingly endless political attack on his work, has penned an excellent op-ed in today’s Washington Post, calling on fellow scientists to...
us/Maldives President Nasheed Installs Solar on Official Residence, Knocks Ignorance of Climate Deniers
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, who once famously held a cabinet meeting underwater to draw attention to climate change, is installing a solar photovoltaic (PV) system on his official residence...