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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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
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WV Supreme Court chief justice and friend to dirty coal loses reelection bid
Remember Spike Maynard? He was the chief justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court, the one caught canoodling around the Caribbean with mountaintop mining executive Don Blankenship — and some young women to whom, suffice to say, they were not betrothed — while Blankenship’s company, Massey Energy, had a case before the court. Maynard said […]
