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

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The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming is holding an investigative hearing on Thursday to further probe fraudulent letters sent to Congress by the coal industryโ€™s publ...
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The bipartisan Commission on Climate and Tropical Forests released an extensive report today calling on the Senate to consider tropical forest preservation as a central necessity in the climate bil...
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Apple became the fourth company in recent days to completely sever ties with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over the business lobbyโ€™s backwards stance on climate change.In a letter to the Chamber obt...
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The exodus continues.ย  Nike announced today that the company simply cannot stand by and watch the Chamber of Commerce continue its campaign to derail much-needed action to address climate change.ย  ...
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Exelon CEO John Rowe announced today that his company will let its membership in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce lapse, citing the Chamberโ€™s efforts to fight against efforts to curb global warming.Exe...
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UPDATE: PNM Resources announced today that they are leaving the Chamber of Commerce entirely, not just the board position. See Pete Altmanโ€™s report on this explosive news at NRDCโ€™s Switchboard blog...
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Americaโ€™s Power Army, the sister organization to the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), sent an email this week to its Astroturf โ€˜armyโ€™ laying out the coal lobbyโ€™s plans to barr...
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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) announced today that the utility giant is dumping its membership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, citing the business groupโ€™s โ€œextreme position on climate change.โ€ A...
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Friends of the Earth U.S. released a new report today calling the use of international carbon offsets a โ€œdangerous distractionโ€ that could lead to climate disaster if relied upon too heavily as the...
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Verizon Wireless is facing intense criticism for its co-sponsorship of dirty coal company Massey Energyโ€™s โ€œFriends of Americaโ€ rally this Labor Day weekend in Logan, West Virginia. To give you an ...