Articles by David Roberts

Get set for a new wave of small, distributed power generation projects

One of the most positive and interesting developments in sustainability is the spread of distributed power generation -- small, locally rooted projects built and maintained by the communities they serve.

According to Ted Bernhard at Clean Edge, this stuff is just on the verge of taking off:

A project on the effects of coal mining in Appalachia

Photographs and oral histories from Coal Hollow -- a project on the effects of coal mining on poor Appalachians in West Virginia -- will be on display at the Southeast Museum of Photography on the Daytona Beach campus of the Daytona Beach Community College from August 31 - October 29.

Whether or not you make it down to Florida, check out the book and DVD. The kind of poverty that wouldn't be out of place in the most desolate developing nations exists in the hills of our own American Southeast, and very few people seem to give a damn. Every American citizen should have to look these people in the eye.

A mini-spiel on global warming

Here's Al Gore's short appearance at the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards:

Republican dollars go to Green candidate in PA senate race

Rick Santorum's campaign is funneling Republican dollars to the Green Party candidate in the (extremely tight) Pennsylvania Senate race. Why?

A commitment to open and fair debate, of course.

Or perhaps Republicans are just tired of the lesser of two evils, and they want to bust up the system, maaan.