As DeSmog’s Global Managing Editor, Dembicki leads investigations into fossil fuel industry disinformation networks across North America and Europe. His work combines leaked documents, policy tracing, and ecosystem analysis to expose coordinated climate delay tactics.
“The fight isn’t against climate change itself, but the systems preventing us from addressing it.” - The Petroleum Papers
We’ve followed Geoff Dembicki’s decade-long evolution from climate reporter to investigative powerhouse exposing systemic corporate deception. His work at DeSmog and major outlets reveals how he combines document forensics with narrative rigor to map the fossil fuel industry’s evolving playbook.
Dembicki’s January 2025 DeSmog piece dissected how Canada’s second-largest oil producer funneled money to groups like the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. Through leaked donor lists and policy memos, he revealed a coordinated strategy to rebrand climate delayism as fiscal responsibility. The investigation prompted questions in Alberta’s legislature about fossil fuel lobbyist registration requirements.
This October 2024 New Republic scoop exposed BP’s covert funding of the Manufacturer’s Accountability Project, which files amicus briefs against cities suing oil majors. Dembicki traced the money flow through 501(c)(4) networks and interviewed former MAP staffers who described pressure to align with oil company talking points. The story became a key exhibit in New York’s climate liability case discovery process.
Dembicki’s 2022 Vice deep dive connected 1990s talk radio rhetoric to contemporary climate policy gridlock. By analyzing 15,000 pages of talk show transcripts and Heritage Foundation memos, he demonstrated how denialist messaging migrated from fringe media to congressional testimony. The piece remains a primer on information ecosystem manipulation.
Dembicki consistently exposes how third-party groups amplify fossil fuel interests. Pitch him documents showing corporate funding of:
“The same PR firms that fought cigarette regulations now craft ‘energy citizen’ astroturf campaigns.” - The Petroleum Papers
His 2023 New Republic investigation into this global think tank network demonstrates appetite for cross-border accountability stories. Provide leads on:
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