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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/New York Times Shuts Down Popular Green Energy & Environment Blog
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Only a few weeks after The New York Times announced it would be dismantling its environment reporting desk, a visit today to the popular New York Times Green blog finds that it has been shut down a...
us/Study Confirms Tea Party Was Created by Big Tobacco and Billionaires
ByBrendan DeMelle
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A new academic study confirms that front groups with longstanding ties to the tobacco industry and the billionaire Koch brothers planned the formation of the Tea Party movement more than a decade b...
us/16 Year Old Testifies on Northern Gateway: What the Hell Were You Thinking?
ByBrendan DeMelle
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This:  What the hell were you thinking? from Catherine Wallace on Vimeo.
us/All Three Senators Who Voted Against John Kerry Are Pro-Keystone XL, Anti-Science, Climate Deniers
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved the nomination of Sen. John Kerry as the new Secretary of State, by a vote of 94-3.  The three “no” votes were cast by infamous climate denier James Inhofe (...
us/Skeptical Science Video Debunks "No Warming for 16 Years" Denialist Claim
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The talented team at Skeptical Science produced the video below to debunk the well-worn denialist argument that there's been “no warming for 16 years” - a favorite lie of Lord Christopher Monckton ...
us/Ending Climate Silence - What Obama Should Say In State of the Union Address
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What should President Obama say about climate change during his upcoming State of the Union address? Check out this preview clip from Bill Moyers' interview with scientist Anthony Leiserowitz, d...
us/Powell Climate Science Pie Chart Featured On The Young Turks
ByBrendan DeMelle
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The Young Turks discussed James Lawrence Powell's pie chart and analysis of climate science on the show this weekend. Powell's pie chart study has gone viral in the past month, thanks to coverag...
us/Fossil-Fuel Funded Operatives Litter the Mainstream Media, Despite Simple Fix
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Have you ever found yourself reading a news article or op-ed in which an “expert” from a distinguished-sounding “think tank” or “institute” seeks to distort or attack climate change science or, alt...
us/Monckton Banned From UN Climate Process For Offensive Stunt
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Christopher Monckton, Lord Crazypants of Brenchley, made a fool of himself today at COP18 in Doha, Qatar by impersonating a delegate in a plenary session. He was immediately debadged and escorted o...
us/Fashion for the Discerning Climate Science Denier
ByBrendan DeMelle
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Whether you're skydiving onto the beaches of Durban, galavanting across the U.S. on the Tea Party's invitation to spread Birther lies about President Obama's birth certificate, pitching 'Fox News A...