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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/โ€˜The Angry Mermaid Awardโ€™ - Vote On The Worst Industry Lobbyists Killing Climate Action
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Citizens from around the world will convene in Copenhagen next week for the COP15 U.N. climate conference, ready to voice their frustration at the slow pace of global action to address climate chan...
us/CRU Director Phil Jones To Step Down Pending Investigation Into Hacked Emails
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Phil Jones, the Director of the Climate Research Unit, announced today that he will step down from his position pending investigation into the matter of the emails stolen from the University of Eas...
us/Climategate in Perspective, Featuring Isaac Newton
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Climate conspriricists pounced at the opportunity yesterday to draw grandiose conclusions from the illegal hacking of private emails from the University of East Angliaโ€™s Climate Researchย Unit.ย  Th...
us/Big Pharma Lobbyists Script Speeches In U.S. Congress, Industry Fights Against Generic Drugs
ByBrendan DeMelle
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While our focus here at DeSmogBlog is to expose the public relations and lobbying antics that hinder effective responses to climate change, we are always on the lookout for other examples of how lo...
us/Fred Singer, lacking nobility, still claims the Prize
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Climate skeptics are, not surprisingly, hitting the European speaking circuit in the weeks leading up to the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen. But what is surprising is that notorious global warmi...
us/U.S. Climate Envoy Slams Inhofe's Attempts To Influence Copenhagen
ByBrendan DeMelle
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At the U.S. delegation press conference this afternoon on the final day of the Barcelona climate talks, I asked U.S. deputy climate change envoy Jonathan Pershing what effect, if any, Senator James...
us/Monster List: Skeptics Have Touted "Global Cooling" Theory Anywhere They Could
ByBrendan DeMelle
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As word spreads about the Associated Press blind test examining the global cooling theory, which I wrote about earlier this week, I began to wonder how many times skeptics have tried to push this g...
us/Statisticians Confirm: No Global Cooling Despite Skeptic Spin
ByBrendan DeMelle
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In a massive blow to the climate skeptic movement, the Associated Press has conducted a blind test of statisticians that unequivocally confirms that no global cooling trend exists.ย  Despite the bes...
us/Mohawk Paper Joins Chamber of Commerce Exodus
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Mohawk Fine Papers became the latest company to resign from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over climate policy disagreements, adding more embarrassment to an already rough week for the Chamber. Accor...
us/The Incredible Shrinking U.S. Chamber of Commerce Faces Intense Pressure Over Extreme Climate Position
ByBrendan DeMelle
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It turns out that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce only has 300,000 members, not the โ€œmore than 3 millionโ€ it claimed to represent just a day ago, before Mother Jones magazine questioned the business l...