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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The public doesn’t really need all that much science
While I was on vacation, science journalist Chris Mooney and social scientist Matthew Nisbet came out with a short commentary in Science. Their thesis was that scientists should pay attention to how they frame their public communication, so as to most effectively reach their target audience. To me this is obvious to the point of […]
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Another conservative attack on motives
I’m always excited when people on the right address climate change, even if they say stupid things. At least they’re starting to think about it. On National Review, Ken Green of AEI says that Gore’s carbon tax proposal is great, but the rest of his proposals are both redundant and sucky. After listing them, he […]
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Check it out
The Christian Science Monitor has always had excellent environmental coverage, but now they’ve gone above and beyond by creating an entire website devoted to global warming. It’s great one-stop shopping for the latest news. Speaking of, check out “Many new constraints for Bush on the environment,” a delightful rundown of all the setbacks and humiliations […]
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Weird but true
Another blog that’s recently become required reading for me: Mode Shift, a blog on urban sustainability from Keith Schneider, founder of the Michigan Land Use Institute. Yesterday brought a somewhat surprising post on big plans afoot to make Knoxville, Tenn. (among other places) a model of sustainable, healthy living. Y’all may or may not know […]
