Articles by David Roberts

It’s a TKO

Oh, this is delicious. You may recall Sen. James Inhofe's wackadoo speech on global warming and media bias the other day. Well, CNN did a segment on it, pointing out the many flaws and falsehoods. They ended with this: "Inhofe challenged the media to get this story straight in that speech, but when we asked for an interview with him we were told he's just too busy to speak with us this week."

Sweet, sweet schadenfreude.

Update [2006-9-28 16:28:4 by David Roberts]: Inhofe responds.

The fight is on

This is a war I expect will only get more heated over the next few years: the fossil-fuel industry (last century's dominant power) and the Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur set (this century's).

The first major battle has broken out in California:

Worldwatch founder says stuff

I (w/ Lisa) had coffee this morning with Chris Flavin, president of Worldwatch Institute. He's a sharp guy, and I was thinking, hm, I wish I had my recorder, I'd interview this dude.

But look: Worldchanging already did, just yesterday. So read that.

We mostly chit-chatted about our respective organizations, but he said a couple of intriguing things.

Oldie but a goodie!

From the album Old Friends: Live on Stage, I give you Simon & Garfunkel's "Citizen of the Planet":