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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‘Green empire’ like ‘military intelligence’
Sustainability is not compatible with empire.
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Your weekend in caucuses
CNN is calling Nevada for Clinton and Romney. South Carolina is still going, but early reports tell of a Huckabee surge. UPDATE: NYT sez of Nevada: Clinton 51, Obama 45, Edwards 4 (ouch); Romney 53, Paul 13, McCain 13, Thompson 8, Huckabee 8, Giuliani 5 (ouch). UPDATE: Buzz has it that Clinton won by overwhelming […]
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Coal front group pouring millions into targeted disinformation campaign
Speaking of reasons climate legislation is going to be impossible this year: It’s good to see the Washington Post pick up on the coal industry’s massive lobbying effort. The focus is Americans for Balanced Energy Choices (ABEC), which we’ve discussed before. WaPo’s Steven Mufson uncovered a few details. Right now, ABEC is spending $1.3 million […]
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Friday music blogging: Ha Ha Tonka
Growing up in the South, I was pretty keen to reject everything connected to the culture, which I viewed — even before I’d seen any alternatives — as closed-minded and mean. Sadly, a lot of babies got tossed out with the bathwater (oh, the posts I could write). Among them, southern rock music of the […]
