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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Save the Roadless Rule
Monday (Nov. 15) is the last day to comment on the Bush administration's unbelievably awful proposal to overturn the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. You can send comments directly to the feds here. Or, you can submit a comment through the Wilderness Society, who will cc your governor, here. If you're not yet convinced that scrapping the Roadless Rule is a manifestly bad idea, the Wilderness Society has the top ten reasons. They've also got a fact sheet on roadless areas in various states. They've also got a handy chronology of the rule's history. Come to think of it, the Wilderness Society is all over it. You should be too.
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Rhymes with “ditty” too
The radio program "Living On Earth" had some hack from the Wall Street Journal editorial page on, along with Grist contributor Bill McKibben, to discuss what Bush's victory means for the environment. It's interesting (and like Shalini, what I mean by interesting is "makes me reach for a noose"). You can read the transcript here.
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War and Environment Day … yesterday
Gristmill contributor Geoff Dabelko, who's having a little trouble with the posting widget, sent this to me, and I'm passing it along to you. Enjoy:
A couple years back the U.N. General Assembly declared today [ed.: yesterday], November 6, to be International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict.
In resolution 56/4 [PDF], the U.N. called attention to the often long-lasting damage done to the natural environment done in times of conflict.
Having a special day for an issue is great, but what is the U.N. really doing about environmental security links on the ground?
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You forgot Colorado!
Reader (and Colorado resident) Gary Wockner writes to remind us that not all the news is bad:
