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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Bill McKibben nails it on Bill Maher show — plus Tuesday-afternoon quarterbacking
Bill McKibben did a bang-up job of talking about climate change on "Real Time with Bill Maher" -- and it got David Roberts thinking about effective climate communication.
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Yes, coal is dying, but no, EPA is not the main culprit
A Christian Science Monitor headline claims that EPA regulations are squelching coal companies. Not so: David Roberts explains what's really snuffing out the industry.
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Friday music blogging: The Tallest Man On Earth
Kristian Matsson has a simple thing going: he plays guitar and sings. His records are self-produced, lo-fi affairs, the songs rarely adorned with anything beyond a single guitar, sometimes acoustic, sometimes jangly, open-tuned electric. That’s not easy to pull off, but the Swedish Matsson — who records as The Tallest Man On Earth — has […]
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How to make energy journalism better
Media critic Jay Rosen asked David Roberts what kind of energy journalism the world needs. Here's the answer.
