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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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  • Kansas coal plant air permit denied on basis of CO2

    More bad news for coal / good news for humanity. This is a particularly delicious morsel, to be savored slowly, like a fine truffle. Roderick L. Bremby, enemy of coal, friend of the human race Photo: KDHE. For years now, a power company called Sunflower has been pushing to build two 700MW coal-fired power plants […]

  • Bad news abounds for Big Coal

    If there’s anything that could drag me out of my hungover stupor today, it’s some bad news for coal, and luckily there’s plenty of it! Get this AP story: At least 16 coal-fired power plant proposals nationwide have been scrapped in recent months and more than three dozen have been delayed as utilities face increasing […]

  • Ugh

    Last night’s party in Seattle went wonderfully well, and by “well” I mean I drank well beyond excess and by “wonderfully” I mean won’t someone please kill me now and end this pain. Blogging from yours truly may be slow today, and by “slow” I mean for the love of God why haven’t you killed […]