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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From Hip-Hop to Hybrid
The Ghostface of Earth Day present Want to celebrate Earth Day, but don’t wanna roll wit dem punk-ass bitchez? Stop by NYC’s Green Apple Music and Arts Festival and catch a set by Ghostface Killah, who shared these words of wisdom about the importance of conscientious environmental stewardship: “I don’t know nothing about that.” Word, […]
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You hear that? Eh, it’s probably nothing …
A pipeline leak-detection system sounded warnings on four straight days in the week leading up to last month's record North Slope oil spill, but field workers interpreted the signals as false alarms, a new investigative report says.
The report, prepared by a team of BP and state investigators, confirms that the leak from a large Prudhoe Bay oil field pipeline went on undetected for at least five days "and probably much longer." -
Triumph
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog interviews four Republican Senators on the subject of global warming. Seriously.
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Do as we say …
This piece on Bush's meeting with Chinese President Hu is positively surreal. The gist is, the U.S. is upset because China is:
- striking oil deals with unsavory regimes (Sudan, Burma, Iran);
- attempting to increase its geopolitical influence;
- growing quickly and polluting heavily.
Sound like anybody else you know?
Presumably Bush isn't going to say flat out, "we don't want any competition." But what else does it mean?
Update [2006-4-20 15:59:42 by David Roberts]: I should also note that The Grey Lady has a blistering editorial on this very subject.
