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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Van Jones on Colbert Report
Am I the only one who just doesn’t much like the Colbert Report? The interviews, especially. Colbert always comes off like a dickhead — that’s his shtick — but the guests are in a catch-22 as well. They look bad if they play along and bad if they try to play it straight. It just […]
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Notable quotable
“I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see a lull in new [coal] plant development.” — Dynegy Chief Executive Officer and #5 Fossil Fool Bruce Williamson, commenting on the fact that “environmental opposition is making it more time-consuming to build coal-fueled plants.”
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FOE to Bush: Pull Johnson out
Friend of the Earth is calling for the resignation of EPA chief Stephen Johnson.
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Parochial post of the day
My brother-in-law, sister-in-law, niece, and nephew are spreading the local food gospel here in Seattle. Cutely!
