Steve Horn

About

Steve Horn is the owner of the consultancy Horn Communications & Research Services, which provides public relations, content writing, and investigative research work products to a wide range of nonprofit and for-profit clients across the world.

An investigative reporter on the climate beat for over a decade and former Research Fellow for DeSmog between 2011-2018, his work has appeared in outlets such as The Guardian, The Intercept, Wisconsin Watch, The Coast News, and elsewhere. His work has been cited in a U.S. Senate report, federal litigation, and by publications such as The New York Times, Bloomberg, The New Yorker, Voice of San Diego, La Jornada, Democracy Now!, among outlets.

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The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), as covered previously by DeSmogBlog, is the โ€œTrojan Horseโ€ behind mandating that climate change denial (โ€œskepticism,โ€ or โ€œbalance,โ€ in its words) b...
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A new chapter has been added to the shale gas industry's eco-terrorism, counterinsurgency and psychological operationsย saga. In March,ย NBC News investigative reporter Michael Isikoffย revealed that ...
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The controversy overย TransCanada'sย Keystone XL pipelineย has raged on for years now, with no end inย sight.ย  The Keystone XL pipeline would carry tar sands crude from the tar sands epicenter of the w...
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The debate over flaring unconventional oil and gas in shale basins across the United States has suddenly heated up immensely (excuse the badย pun).ย  On March 27, theย Coalition for Environmentally Re...
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The month of March has seen unprecedented heat and temperatures. A rational thinking, scientifically-grounded individual could only posit, โ€œWell, hmm, I bet climate change has something to do with ...
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It's the multi-pronged fight that never seems toย end. Theย Alberta Tar Sandsย have been near the forefront of the North American energy and climate debate, thanks in large part to growing public conc...
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A new chapter is being added to the ongoing Kochtopus saga.ย On March 1 theย Washington Post,ย in aย storyย sure to fill the airwaves for the weeks and months to come, revealed the Kochtopus is suing th...
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It is nearly impossible to discuss the vast climate change denialย echo chamberย and not mention theย Koch Brothers,ย Koch Industries, and what some have called theย Koch Empire. Perhaps unsurpisingly t...
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On January 23, Bloomberg News reported Warren Buffett's Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), owned by his lucrative holding company Berkshire Hathaway, stands to benefit greatly from Presid...
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On January 16, theย Los Angeles Timesย revealedย that anti-science bills have been popping up over the past several years in statehouses across the U.S.,ย mandating the teaching of climate change denia...