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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House members ask Bush to shill for clean coal in his speech
I suppose I should write some insightful comments about Bush’s upcoming State of the Union speech, which everyone expects to be sucky, since the guy’s a lame duck and everyone hates him. There are lots of emails and PR releases flying around, fact-checking previous SOTUs and promising to fact-check tonight’s. To summarize: Everything he’s said […]
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If Gore’s endorsement could make the difference, will he give it?
I have predicted that Al Gore won’t endorse a candidate during the primary. I still think that’s probably true, and appropriate. But I’m starting to wonder. What if Obama’s momentum — from SC and his recent endorsements — gives him just enough juice to reach near-parity with Clinton on Feb. 5, where she’s long been […]
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Wow
It’s getting difficult to tell the reality from the parody. Are Your Feet Green? New Eco-friendly Lifestyle Community Launches with Organic Sock Giveway Promotion encourages consumers to take small steps in adopting Greener lifestyle We’re down to socks now?
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Here’s your chance to be the Pollan of climate change
Kristina/Jason’s plea for a tagline here reminds me: check out this post over on the NRDC Switchboard blog. It notes the success of Michael Pollan’s already legendary aphorism — "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." — and wonders whether something similarly compact could be used to explain what people need to know about climate […]
