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conference participants gather outside during a break
post-conference report
From June 2–4, the Skeptics Society hosted the Environmental Wars conference which brought together scientists, writers, environmentalists, and thinkers from all points along the spectrum of the environmental debate.
Since the conference, there has been a lot of lively discussion happening in various independent blogs across the internet. In this week’s eSkeptic, as a follow-up to the conference, we link to a couple of them that have reported on and summarized the events of the weekend.
DeSmogBlog
The DeSmogBlog, dedicated to “clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science”, sent a team to Caltech to do a live report of the conference. In addition to the blog posts, you can listen to several one-one-one interviews with Sarah Pullman, one of DeSmogBlog’s regular contributors.
LISTEN to the interview with Michael Shermer >
LISTEN to the interview with Gregory Benford >
LISTEN to the interview with Chris Mooney >
The Commons Blog
The Commons, a collaboration of multiple authors, is a free-market environmentalist blog headed up by Iain Murray and Jonathan Adler (one of the conference speakers). Adler posts a series of summaries covering the each speaker at the conference.
Pasadena Weekly report
Carl Kozlowski, of Pasaedna Weekly, reports on the conference.
photo album
all photos on this page by David Patton
Michael Shermer during his opening remarks
Tapio Schneider (left) speaks on a panel with Chris Mooney (right)
Peter Rees, creator of TV’s Mythbusters
Kari Byron of TV’s Mythbusters
Jonathon Alder speaks on federal environmental regulation
Roy Zimmerman entertains on opening night
Michael Crichton presents his criticism of skeptics
Brian Fagan (left) speaks on a panel with Gregory Benford (right)
Donald Prothero leads the geology tour through the San Gabriel Mountains
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Shermer/Nelson debate MP3 updated
You may have noticed that the MP3 file (that we posted last week) of the debate between Michael Shermer and Paul Nelson ended rather abruptly. The problem has now been fixed, and you can listen to the MP3 in its entirety.