So will climate realists now be allowed to speak at Greenpeace meetings?

Greenpeace Sneaks In, Addresses Coal Conference : TreeHugger

That the organizer of the conference -- Gerard McCloskey of McCloskey Group -- was willing to let Greenpeace air a litany of the environmental costs of coal to its biggest promoters came as a bit of a shock.

Then again, this was coal's home turf, and letting the green guys speak their piece looks better than trying to shut them down. Given Greenpeace's proclivity for dramatic measures (interrupting industry dinners, shutting down power stations, scaling buildings) the conference organizers might have caused even more of a scene has they forced Greenpeace out.

Also it was just the right thing to do. "I thought what we should do was engage them," McCloskey told Reuters. "All of us have children, grandchildren. It was good to see Greenpeace here willing to put their argument out."