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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What should we call people who care about climate change and clean energy?
This may not be the most important thing in the world, but it drives me crazy: What do you call people who care about climate change and clean energy (PCCCCE)? (No, not an "environmentalist.")
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Friday music blogging: Black Mountain again
Vancouver-based psych rock band Black Mountain has gotten the FMB treatment before, but their latest album is so monstrously, mind-blowingly good they've earned a second go-round.
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Highlights from our chat with reporter Ryan Lizza on Senate climate politics
A big Grist thanks to reporter Ryan Lizza, author of the magisterial recent piece in The New Yorker on the death of the climate bill in the Senate, for stopping by to chat with us yesterday. The entire (two-hour!) transcript is still up, but here are a few highlights.
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A chat with New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza about climate in the Senate
This month, The New Yorker ran an extraordinary 10,000-word piece by reporter Ryan Lizza detailing the climate bill's slow and inglorious failure in the U.S. Senate. It was a feat of inside reporting, meaty enough to support dozens of follow-on posts dissecting and illuminating it. I'm very pleased to report that Lizza will be stopping by for a chat with Grist readers and me TODAY at 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific.
