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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They flattered my kids — quid pro quo!
A few months ago, Maywa mentioned a service called Greendimes, which — in exchange for $5 $3 a month — will take over the arduous task of reducing your junk mail by getting your name off distribution lists. It will also plant a tree in your name each month. Partly thanks to procrastination and desperation, […]
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Al Gore and the Oscars
Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth has received an Oscar nomination for Best Documentary. I’m on record predicting it will win. Should we start a betting pool?
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Oh, the irony
Savor the ironies: TXU Corp., the largest Texas electricity producer, said its plan to build $10 billion of coal-fueled power generation in the state appears "consistent with" a business group’s proposal to curb global warming by capping carbon-dioxide emissions. Does this mean that TXU is psychotic or that the corporate U.S. Climate Action Partnership is […]
