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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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  • Johnson astonishes Whitehouse

    I meant to highlight a post on Warming Law that contains this delightful bit from a recent hearing on the consequences of Mass. v. EPA: When asked to identify our most serious environmental challenge, [EPA administrator Stephen] Johnson again refused to say, explaining “I don’t see one being most serious.” Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse […]

  • Videoz

    The adventures of Keep America Beautiful Man! Episode 1: Episode 2: Episode 3: (h/t: Hugg)

  • Video … on the interwebs!

    Hey kids, are you hip to the steez on carbon offsets? Well, check this shizzle out! Here, Christie Todd Whitman talks about Bush and Cheney “flipping the bird” at the rest of the world (probably the first time this blueblood has ever used that phrase): Here, Frank Luntz continues to fail to realize what a […]

  • Lots o’ goodies

    The Nation has devoted its current issue to "surviving the climate crisis," and it’s chock full o’ good stuff. First up is Jim Hansen, the World’s Least Censored Censored Scientist, who recommends the following five steps: "First, there should be a moratorium on building any more coal-fired power plants until we have the technology to […]