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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Exporting to China may not save the U.S. coal industry after all
American coal companies are banking on exports to China, but China's appetite for coal may not be as endless as they think.
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Friday music blogging: Alt-J
I’ve been listening to Alt-J’s debut album, An Awesome Wave, for a while now, but it’s taken time to sink in. It is a deeply odd and idiosyncratic album, not quite like anything you’ve ever heard, it takes while to feel out its contours. However, the album just won UK’s Mercury Prize for best album, […]
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The most brutal ad you’ll see this election
Remember when Mitt Romney mocked efforts to "slow the rise of the oceans"? That joke's not so funny this week, as a hard-hitting new ad points out.
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Big Coal in big trouble as coal production costs rise
What's driving the decline of the U.S. coal industry? It's not just EPA regs and cheap natural gas. Coal is getting more expensive to produce.
