Sharon Beder

The articles discussed in the Sydney Writer's Festival panel are now available on line: Sharon Beder examines the global warming sceptics' bag of tricks. David Spratt on why the climate catastrophe leaves no room for pragmatism My article (on blogging about global warming). The posts discussed are on Michael Duffy and on Andrew Bolt.

Sydney Writers' Festival 2009: Stories from the Climate Change Front: A Forum and Launch of Overland 195 Saturday, May 23 2009 15:00 - 16:00 David Spratt, co-author of Climate Code Red, Dr Sharon Beder, author of Global Spin: The Corporate Assault on Environmentalism, and Deltoid science blogger Tim Lambert discuss the state of the climate change debate today with Overland editor Jeff Sparrow. Are the big polluters changing their ways or simply greening their public image? Who are the main climate denialists? What kind of action do we need, and how close are we to achieving it?