Our independent progressive American media collaboration at the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen this week has worked really well, and I've had a lot of fun being a part of it. The group that met for beers in the Nyhavn neighborhood on Wednesday night (we all knew each other through bylines and emails, but hadn't yet met face to face) included journalists, editors and videographers from In These Times, TheUptake, The Nation, Mother Jones, Grist, and more.
See more of my recordings of Naomi Klein's interviews on TheUptake.org below.
Bernaditas de Castro Muller, a well-known negotiator for the group of 132 developing countries known as G77 plus China:
Kumi Naidoo, the new Executive Director of Greenpeace International:
— Jacob Wheeler
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