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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A blast across coal’s bow in the Washington Post
When it comes to battling the Coal Empire, I am merely a Padawan. Jeff Goodell is the Jedi master. In Sunday’s Washington Post, he unleashes a full frontal attack.
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Why does everyone assume that coal mining in Appalachia must continue?
One other thing I wanted to point out from the NYT piece on Bush’s new mountaintop removal mining rule: A spokesman for the National Mining Association, Luke Popovich, said that unless mine owners were allowed to dump mine waste in streams and valleys it would be impossible to operate in mountainous regions like West Virginia […]
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Friday music blogging: Rilo Kiley
Rilo Kiley is at the center of the Hip Indie universe, which predisposes some people to dislike them and others to love them uncritically. (Happily, your music blogger falls in neither camp.) Singer Jenny Lewis (like fellow RK fronter Blake Sennett, a former child TV star) is not only a fashion icon, not only cute […]
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You won’t find a better review of the Yamaha CP300 anywhere!
If you happen to be perusing the newest issue of Jazz Times — available on newsstands! — flip on over to the Gearhead section and check out the ace review of the Yamaha CP300 Stage Piano. It’s written by a young piano prodigy who’s tearing up the D.C. jazz scene. You can hear some of […]
