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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Aliens!
Here’s an idea that hadn’t occurred to me: A former Canadian defense minister is demanding governments worldwide disclose and use secret alien technologies obtained in alleged UFO crashes to stem climate change, a local paper said Wednesday. … Alien spacecrafts would have traveled vast distances to reach Earth, and so must be equipped with advanced […]
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Ragin’ Cajun speaks
For what it’s worth (very little, IMHO), political operative James Carville thinks Gore is gonna run. Something about running for president being like sex. (via The Plank)
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UN reports are hott!
A while back, the UN put together a group of 18 distinguished scientists from 11 countries and gave it the characteristically catchy name "Scientific Expert Group on Climate Change and Sustainable Development." SEGCCSD, in the house! The panel was asked to come up with innovative ways to mitigate and/or adapt to climate change. The panel […]
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And how progressives help
The right-wing smear on Al Gore is proceeding along a predictable path, spreading around with the help of a compliant media and lefties too naive to know how the game is played. The conservative movement loves to build its leaders up; progressives love to tear their leaders down. Here’s Olberman, gamely trying to look past […]
