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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/World Continues To Wait On Climate Action from the U.S. Senate
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The U.S. Senateโ€™s latest attempt to introduce climate legislation has been dogged with uncertainty and delay, continuing the worrisome trend of U.S. inaction to address the most critical issue fa...
us/Squadron of Oil Industry Executives on Fraser Institute Board
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Canadaโ€™s libertarian think-tank, the Fraser Institute, has a knack for providing excellent PR and advocacy services for the oil industry in Canada.ย  That might be because they practically are the o...
us/Tax Day Tea Party Features Lord โ€œHitler Youthโ€ Monckton and Cast of Koch Industriesโ€™ Favorites
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Lord Christopher Monckton, infamous for his โ€œHitler Youthโ€ comments at the Copenhagen climate summit, is among the guest speakers at this weekโ€™s Tax Day Tea Party in Washington, DC.ย  Organized by F...
us/Bachmann and Palin Hold Climate Denier Summit In Minnesota
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The GOPโ€™s wonder twins, Sarah Palin and Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-MN), turned the Minneapolis Convention Center into climate denier central this week, offering up a huge helping of enthusiasm for d...
us/Fox Newsโ€™ Ed Barnes Tries to Re-Ignite Attacks on Climate Scientist Exonerated by Penn State
ByBrendan DeMelle
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In his โ€œexclusiveโ€ story, titled โ€œTop Climate Scientistโ€™s Exoneration Wonโ€™t Be the Last Word,โ€ Fox Newsโ€™ Ed Barnes suggests that the Penn State investigation that cleared Dr. Michael Mann of any wr...
us/Conservative group's ads ask Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh audience: What would Reagan do about climate change?
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Radio ads airing in New Hampshire during the Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck shows ask the question โ€œWhat would Reagan doโ€ about climate change?ย  Despite the anti-environmental rants typically emanati...
us/Koch Industries' Extensive Funding of Climate Denial Industry Unmasked
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Koch Industries has โ€œbecome a financial kingpin of climate science denial and clean energy opposition,โ€ spending over $48.5 million since 1997 to fund the climate denial machine, according to an ex...
us/Forest Scientist Simon Lewis Files Formal Complaint Against UK Sunday Times Over Dishonest Reporting On โ€œAmazongateโ€
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Simon Lewis, an expert on tropical forests at the University of Leeds in the UK, says the Sunday Timesโ€™ โ€œinaccurate, misleading and distortedโ€ story by Jonathan Leake in January left readers under ...
us/Institute for Energy Research Admits It Was Behind Anti-Wind Study
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Danish journalists have confirmed that The Institute for Energy Research commissioned and paid for the anti-wind energy study released last year by a Danish think tank that claimed Denmark exaggera...
us/Senators Meet With Polluter Lobbyists To Discuss 'Green Economyโ€™ Bill
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Senators working to craft legislation to transition the U.S. economy to cleaner energy and provide green jobs for Americans have a critical task ahead of them.ย  The U.S. economy is lagging due to a...