Articles by David Roberts

Bond and Big Lawnmower

Way back in 2003, Daily Grist noted the nefarious doings of Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) on behalf of Big Lawnmower (seriously).

Turns out he's still up to no good.

Global warming consensus

I'm seeing more and more stories like this Bloomberg piece, about the growing consensus around global warming -- and by "growing consensus," I mean "Republicans finally getting on board." (Of course, as always, our very own Amanda was ahead of the curve on this story.)

My favorite part is the increasingly nervous, defensive quotes from dead-enders. Here's White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton:

Connaughton says activists merely are annoyed that Bush isn't talking nonstop about climate change. "We don't need to say it three times in the same 15-minute speech," he said in an interview.

Yeah. That's why they're annoyed.

And this:

"To those out there saying a federal carbon cap is inevitable, we beg to differ," says Bill Holbrook, a spokesman for [Sen. James] Inhofe, who chairs the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

I guess they're going to go down swinging. History will not be kind.

LCV hearts Barack

The League of Conservation Voters is having its annual Washington Dinner this Wed.

The keynote speaker? Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.).

Grist in the MSM

As a small, scrappy, poor non-profit magazine devoted to the environment, we naturally revel in our thoroughgoing moral superiority to the mainstream media (MSM).

We also, naturally, giggle like schoolgirls whenever they mention our name.

Amanda's interview with Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott is covered rather extensively in the business section of the New York Times.

Also, our Maximum Leader Chip is quoted (for reasons not entirely clear, but whatevs, we love it) toward the top of this story about carbon offsets.

Also, ML Chip is interviewed by NPR's Weekend America for Earth Day (second segment down), about the changing image of environmentalists -- a change, we find out from the disinterested interview subject, being led by Grist!

Also, ML Chip has an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle today, about the connection between poverty and the environment -- a little late for our Poverty & the Environment special edition, but then, it's not like the problem has gone away.

And that's that for Self-Promotion Sunday. Tune in next week!