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Geoff Dembicki

Geoff Dembicki is Global Managing Editor of DeSmog and author of The Petroleum Papers, which was named a best book of the year by the Washington Post. He is a contributing author to Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment published by Oxford University Press. His work has appeared in outlets including the Guardian, Rolling Stone and the New York Times and been featured on NPR and CBC. He’s based in Montreal.

Articles by Geoff Dembicki

Meet the Shadowy Network Vilifying Climate Protestors
ByAmy Westervelt and Geoff Dembicki
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The Atlas Network is behind the effort to brand climate activists as extremists and pass anti-protest legislation.
Activists from Last Generation block a road in Berlin. Credit: Stefan Müller (CC BY 2.0)
Jordan Peterson Generates Millions of YouTube Hits for Climate Crisis Deniers
ByGeoff Dembicki
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The conservative influencer has ‘become a central cog in the denial machine,’ says climate scientist Michael Mann.
Jordan Peterson at Turning Point USA event. Photo by Gage Skidmore / Wikimedia Commons
As Canada Burns, Danielle Smith Does Event with Activist Who Says Climate 'Not a Crisis'
ByGeoff Dembicki
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The Alberta premier is headlining an oil and gas industry conference this week with climate crisis denier Alex Epstein while thousands evacuate due to wildfires.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and climate crisis denier Alex Epstein
Group That Calls CO2 ‘Gas of Life’ Praises Alberta’s Renewables Moratorium 
ByGeoff Dembicki
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'We’re one of the organizations that has contributed,' anti-wind organizer tells DeSmog.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
Protesters Accuse Executives at ‘Low-Carbon’ Gas Conference of Telling ‘A Dirty Lie’
ByGeoff Dembicki
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Dozens gather outside LNG2023 in Vancouver to rebuke the industry message that gas is good for the climate.
Protesters hold a "die-in" outside the LNG2023 conference. Credit: Geoff Dembicki
Former Climate Change Denier Now Leading BC's Top Business Lobby Group
ByGeoff Dembicki
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Laura Jones once called climate change an ‘untested proposition.’ In her new role she’ll have the ear of BC’s premier.
Business Council of BC president and CEO Laura Jones
'Fire Weather' Author Recounts Alberta Wildfire Disaster in Terrifying Detail
ByGeoff Dembicki
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Seven years after Fort McMurray inferno, John Vaillant sees ‘almost identical’ conditions and laments ‘avoidable’ blazes to come.
A stream of water is 'inhaled' by the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire disaster. Photo by Matthew Heikel
Gas Group That Calls Climate Goals ‘Pie in the Sky’ Got $1.2M from BC Government
ByGeoff Dembicki
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Province is funding LNG alliance that opposes federal emissions targets, documents reveal.
B.C. Premier David Eby has claimed to have a world class climate plan, but his government has funded a group that calls federal climate targets 'unachievable.' Photo by BC Gov (Flickr CC)
Oil Company Gave $200K to Group Accusing Pipeline Opponents of Taking Secret Money
ByGeoff Dembicki
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Alberta-based Indian Resource Council quietly received funding from CNRL, corporate documents reveal.
IRC president and CEO Stephen Buffalo appears in a 2021 video.
Oil Sands Companies Are ‘Distorting Public Information’ on Google, Expert Says
ByGeoff Dembicki
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Ad data reviewed by DeSmog shows industry group paid Google to link its website to hundreds of climate-related search terms.
Google homepage displayed on a phone