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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Phil: Unemployed
Global warming is going to kill Groundhog's Day!
RealClimate brings you this vital story.
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SOTU: Coal execs confused, but pleased
The lede for this Wall Street Journal story is hilarious:
Power-industry executives reacted with mild puzzlement to President Bush's proclamation that the nation needs to "invest more in zero-emission coal-fired plants" to wean itself off foreign oil. That's because oil isn't used much to make power and no one has yet developed a way to burn coal that produces no emissions.
They go on to say, of course, that they're delighted to be the recipient of a whole new bundle of subsidies. And who wouldn't be?
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Flamey McGassy
Mark Fiore's latest Flash movie is about a subject Bush accidentally forgot to mention in his SOTU speech: global warming.
It's a doozy -- check it out.
(hat tip: reader Elizabeth S.)
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Nukes and subsidies
It must take a high tolerance for cognitive dissonance to be a small-government Republican nuke-backer:
Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said he was enthusiastic about nuclear power but questioned whether the government should be subsidizing alternative fuels like ethanol.
It's a wonder his circuits don't fry. Oh, wait ...
