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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Megaproposals
Katherine Ellison laments the lack of boldness on climate change.
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The Alliance for Climate Protection: From the top down
Everyone should immediately go check out Amanda's exclusive scoop on the Alliance for Climate Protection. It's a huge new group being put together to raise awareness about climate change. Some interesting facts about it:
- Though Al Gore conceived it and will provide a big chunk of the initial funding, he won't be a member. He doesn't want it to be viewed as a political group. Several prominent Republicans are conspicuously involved for the same reason.
- The group has lined up millions in funding and plans to raise tens of millions more.
- There's only one enviro-group rep -- Larry Schweiger, president of the National Wildlife Federation -- on the board, and no other prominent enviros will be involved.
Said Gore, "We came to realize that it was a disservice to the climate campaign to frame [the issue] as an environmental concern, not a universal concern -- a fundamental threat to all citizens, not just those who identify with the green movement."
- The group estimates that around 60% of its money will go toward national and local advertising.
This is all juicy, interesting stuff, and worthy of discussion. More below the fold.
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Fox to balance previous accuracy with inaccuracy
Late last year, Fox News baffled everyone by running a special on global warming that presented the science accurately. Fox's right-wing supporters were upset that the
wrongother side wasn't represented. The world asked: WTF?Well, the natural order will be re-established this Sunday evening with a Fox News special called, "Global Warming: The Debate Continues." From the show description:
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Ford and CEI
By now everybody has seen, and mocked, the pro-CO2 ads from CEI. Many people have also noted that CEI is funded by industries with vested interests in the oily status quo.
As Andrew Leonard rather scathingly pointed out, Ford Motor Co. is one of those funders. The same Ford that's been trying so hard lately to be a good environmental citizen. The same Ford who recently forged a partnership with TerraPass to encourage its drivers to offset their emissions.
This proved slightly embarrassing to the folks at TerraPass. They contacted Niel Golightly, Ford's Director of Sustainable Business Strategies, to get some answers. Golightly sent them this response:
