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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/Watch DeSmog’s Justin Mikulka Interviewed on ‘Ring of Fire’ About Risky Crude Oil Trains
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Following up on several recent articles and a video explaining how the risks of Bakken oil “bomb trains” will continue to endanger communities across North America for years to come despite new reg...
us/VIDEO: Government, Industry Ignore Scientific Case For Improving Crude By Rail Safety, Let Bomb Trains Roll On
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Since the tragic Bakken oil train accident that extinguished 47 lives in Lac-Megantic, Quebec in July 2013, seven more Bakken oil trains have derailed, resulting in accidents involving large fires ...
us/Fight Over Shell's Arctic Drilling Escalates As Polar Pioneer Arrives and #ShellNo "Paddle in Seattle" Begins
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Here we go. Shell's Polar Pioneer drilling rig is making its way through Puget Sound and will arrive later this afternoon at Terminal 5 in the Port of Seattle. You can watch the journey in real tim...
us/Heartland Institute 58 Experts Poster Remixed by DeSmog, Willie Soon Among Denialist Dozens
ByBrendan DeMelle
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With the news of Willie Soon's fossil-fuel-funded career featured on the front page of The New York Times on Sunday, there's no time like the present to take a look at all of Soon's friends in the ...
us/DeSmogBlog’s Top 10 Stories of 2014
ByBrendan DeMelle
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It was a year of highs and lows as far as climate change and energy issues. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the lows got a lot of the attention, which is why the top 10 posts on DeSmog this year are mostly...
us/New York Governor Cuomo to Ban Fracking in State, Citing Health Threats
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Several news outlets and the Twittersphere are abuzz with the news that New York State is set to ban fracking in 2015. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration announced the forthcoming ban ...
Lima COP20 Climate Summit Marked By Protests, Publicity Stunts and PR Promises
ByBrendan DeMelle
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An estimated 15,000 people marched through the streets of Lima yesterday in the People’s Climate March, demanding a shift to 100 percent clean energy by 2050. Earlier in the day, a group of 100 chi...
us/John Kerry Slams Climate Deniers at COP 20, Emphasizes 97% Consensus, Mum on KXL
ByBrendan DeMelle
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“What happens if the climate skeptics are wrong? Catastrophe.”  Those were the words of Secretary of State John Kerry here in Lima today as he addressed the COP 20 climate talks on the need to f...
us/DeSmogCAST 4: TransCanada's PR Scandal, Gas Industry Revolving Door Report, and B.C.'s Election
ByBrendan DeMelle
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This week's episode of DeSmogCAST covers the Edelman TransCanada dirty PR campaign, DeSmogBlog's new report on the gas industry revolving door lobbying push for LNG exports, and the outcome of the ...
Series: DeSmogCAST
Series: DeSmogCAST
Edelman’s TransCanada Astroturf Documents Expose Oil Industry’s Broad Attack on Public Interest
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Documents obtained by Greenpeace detail a desperate astroturf PR strategy designed by Edelman for TransCanada to win public support for its Energy East tar sands export pipeline. TransCanada has fa...