Podcast interviews on climate change with Andrew Revkin of the New York Times, environmental author Bill McKibben, and CSW Director Rick Piltz from the annual meeting of the Society of Environmental Journalists, held in Burlington, Vermont, last week. Also: Senator Inhofe’s PR hatchet man Marc Morano, communications director of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, faces off with Bill Blakemore of ABC News, Revkin, and journalism Prof. Dan Fagin of New York University. 

Podcasts from the Society of Environmental Journalists conference, courtesy of DeSmogBlog.

Kevin Grandia interviews Andrew Revkin, New York Times environment reporter (6 minutes)

Bill Blakemore of ABC News talks with environmental author Bill McKibben (6 minutes)

Richard Littlemore interviews Rick Piltz after the session “Global Warming: Reporting on What’s Going to Be Changing in Your Backyard” (7 minutes)

Marc Morano faces off with Bill Blakemore, Andrew Revkin, and Dan Fagin (one hour, 11 minutes)
Plenary session panel on: “And Now a Word from Our Critics…”
With:
Bill Blakemore, senior correspondent with ABC News;
Dan Fagin, associate professor of journalism and associate director of the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program (SHERP) at New York University;
Senator Inhofe’s representative Marc Morano, director of communications for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee; and
Andrew Revkin, environment reporter for The New York Times.
Audio on DeSmogBlog
Audio on SEJ Web site
Google Video (cuts off after 55 minutes)

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