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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Who should be next head of the EPA?
There’s been a flurry of speculation about Obama’s choice to run EPA. Kate links to some background for all the candidates here. I believe every name that has been mentioned as a possible candidate appears in the poll below. Vote! Who should Barack Obama appoint as head of the U.S. EPA? ( surveys)
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Al Gore discusses energy and Obama
Here’s a Current video interview with Al Gore, with questions selected via Digg, in which he discusses — among other things — “clean coal,” Obama’s energy plan, and whether he’d accept top slot at EPA: (thanks LL!)
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Placemaking in the Cabinet
Excellent news: “White House to Establish Office of Urban Policy.”
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Brother, can you spare a country?
“We do not want to leave the Maldives, but we also do not want to be climate refugees living in tents for decades.” — Mohamed Nasheed, newly elected president of the Maldives, on a plan to use tourism revenue to buy a new homeland, since climate change-driven sea-level rise is expected to swallow the current […]
