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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OMFG
How is this not the worst thing ever? Did the McCain campaign make this?
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Barack Obama selects Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate
Joe Biden. Photo: senate.gov Barack Obama’s running mate will be Joe Biden. Here’s a fact sheet on Biden’s environmental record. Grist interviewed Biden in August 2007, when he was running for president. He said this about dealing with climate change: To deal with global warming, you have to change the attitude of the world, particularly […]
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Wall*E and Kleenex
The film Wall*E had a strong environmental theme. Now Kleenex tissues are featuring Wall*E on their packaging. Odd. As Greenpeace says: If you look on the bottom of these boxes, you’ll see a little recycled symbol that says: “This box is made from 100% recycled paper.” What you won’t see on the bottom of that […]
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Gates, Buffet to invest in massive climate change?
Apparently two of the richest men in the world, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates, recently went up to visit the Alberta oil sands. Just based on their interest, oil sands stock jumped over 5 percent. Please, please tell me these guys, who are so active in good causes, are not seriously considering investing in oil […]
