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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It’s bad
BioD will be pleased to see the press doing its job: Rising demand for palm oil in Europe brought about the clearing of huge tracts of Southeast Asian rainforest and the overuse of chemical fertilizer there. Worse still, the scientists said, space for the expanding palm plantations was often created by draining and burning peatland, […]
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Me on NewsCloud
I forgot to mention that I’m the "spotlight blogger" for the week over at NewsCloud, a new(ish) open-source, collaborative news aggregation and discussion site. It’s a cool site — check it out. Perhaps Jeff, the founder and brains behind the project, will stop by to say more about its many features and capabilities.
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Other people’s coverage
I didn’t get to watch the Waxman hearings on politicization of climate science today, and the whole rest of my day is jam-packed with meetings (urgh), so I probably won’t be able to go back and watch the video (is it even online?). Thus, I shall farm out coverage: Here’s the hearing web page, with […]
