Brendan DeMelle

About

Brendan DeMelle is Executive Director of DeSmog. He is also a freelance writer and researcher specializing in media, politics, climate change and clean energy. He has served as research associate for Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., researcher for The Ring of Fire, researcher for Laurie David, law and policy analyst for Environmental Working Group, campus organizer for Connecticut Public Interest Research Group, environmental justice associate for EPA Region 10, among other positions in his career. DeMelle has provided writing and communications services on a wide range of topics, with a demonstrated ability to simplify complex and technical issues into concise, accessible language for general public consumption.

His work has appeared in Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Grist, The Washington Times and other outlets, including a peer-reviewed article in the Journal of Rural History about the social and ecological impacts of the St. Lawrence Seaway and Power Project. He graduated from St. Lawrence University with a BA in Sociology and Environmental Studies in 1998, and lives in Seattle, Washington.

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The Sierra Club launched a funny newย โ€Mr. Coalโ€œย videoย campaign this week in its ongoing 'Beyond Coal' effort to shut down coal plants throughout the Unitedย States. The campaign will feature a stead...
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A major storm is brewing over the USDAโ€™s sudden about-face on fracking and environmental laws.ย On Tuesday, the head of the U.S. Department of Agriculture pulled a 180-degree U-turn and decided to r...
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It's time for Friday funnies, and the top hit today is Ethical Oil: the Puppet Rap, which first popped up over at The Tyee. It's a foul-mouthed, satirical music video remix of Kathryn Marshall's...
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Lee Fang at the Republic Report has a great post noting the media's obsession with the shiny penny of the who/how story surrounding the leaked documents chronicling the Heartland Institute's planne...
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Representative Raรบl M. Grijalva today called for a full Natural Resources Committee hearing to probe whether Indur Goklany, a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Interior Department, improperly received pay...
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Internal Heartland Institute strategy and funding documents obtained by DeSmogBlog expose the heart of the climate denial machine โ€“ its current plans, many of its funders, and details that confirm...
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Robert Bryce from the fossil fuel industry-funded Manhattan Institute just can't bring himself to answer a simple question about the fossil fuel industry funding flowing into his group. Readers of ...
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Here is video footage of Gasland director Josh Fox being arrested by Capitol police earlier today.ย Josh Fox will be on theย Ed Schultz show tonight on MSNBC at 8:45pm ESTย to talk about his arrestย to...
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Jim Hoggan, DeSmogBlog co-founder and president, has an op-ed in the Vancouver Sun today discussing the โ€œethical oilโ€ crowd's attacks on democracy in the Enbridge Northern Gateway public hearings. ...
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Greenpeace USA President Phil Radford sent a formal complaint this week to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) calling for an investigation into TransCanadaโ€™s use of wildly inflated jobs f...