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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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  • Caveat

    A few posts back I big-upped Jon Tester for killing the liquid coal mandate coal-state Republicans tried to attach to the Senate EPW energy bill (which passed committee last week). I should add, lest things get too darn cheery around here, that the bill itself is largely focused on boosting ethanol. And you know how […]

  • Robert Wright at TED

    I love Robert Wright’s thinking and his work, particularly NonZero. It’s not explicitly green, so I won’t get into it — here’s a good rundown — but I will encourage everyone to watch this short talk Wright gave at TED last year:

  • From that new French dude

    I want to send word to our American friends to tell them they can count on our friendship, which has been forged by the tragedies of history that we have confronted together. I want to tell them that France will always be at their side when they need her. But I also want to tell […]