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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Chafee: ‘GOP genuflects before Old King Coal’
The former Senator from Rhode Island, Lincoln Chafee, plants his boot on the ass of his one-time Congressional colleagues: Indeed, “here we go again,” with the Bush EPA weakening environmental rules on building power plants near national parks. The environment is a key issue for many Americans but you would never know it by how […]
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Grist is cooking up a new site; what do you want to see in it?
I have exciting matters to discuss, but first, two apologies. First apology Lately, my blogging has been cursory, rushed, incomplete, and a little sucky. I haven’t been responding to emails, writing the longer pieces I’ve promised various people, or otherwise keeping up with my professional obligations. "What’s new?" you ask. What’s new is that I […]
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Owls are wimps
“Old growth had nothing to do with it. [The spotted owl]’s not dying because of the loggers, but because it’s a wimp!” — Bill Pickell, retired manager for the Washington Contract Loggers Association