Articles by David Roberts
David Roberts was a staff writer for Grist. You can follow him on Twitter, if you're into that sort of thing.
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Kansas dirty-energy advocates make their play to allow coal plants
The fight over coal plants in Kansas has taken another turn. State legislators have introduced a new law that they say is "fair to both sides." That characterization could not be more comical. First of all, the bill was crafted in secret by four legislators who are members of the Kansas Electric Transmission Authority and […]
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Cali gov Schwarzenegger endorses John McCain
So Schwarzenegger endorsed McCain today, citing his fight against wasteful spending, his "vision" for protecting the environment ("and the economy simultaneously"), and his national security credentials. Of course McCain’s battle against earmarks is entirely symbolic, given that they are a tiny sliver of federal spending. His "vision" on global warming amounts to an outdated and […]
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Majora Carter
If this doesn’t get you in your gut, you’ve got serious problems:
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Greenpeace pulls off a doozy of a stunt
Some fiendishly clever visual protest from Greenpeace: Joe Romm must be flattered.