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Cuz all the cool kids are doing it Twice the Grist with half the pain: Netvibes and Twitter	Daniel Bachhuber	16 Aug 2007	Gristmill
For all of you tech-savvy Grist readers, we've added two more methods of getting yer Grist: Twitter is 'a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send 'updates' (text-based posts, up to 140 characters long) via SMS, instant messaging, email, the Twitter website, or an application such as Twitterrific.' In other words, it's Facebook statuses mashed up with RSS and IM. In nontechnical terms, it's everyone in the same room together ye ...
Topics: shameless self-promotion, websites (all these topics)

Huffington calls on press to do that thing I did	David Roberts	16 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Arianna Huffington wonders why, with all the press coverage of the Utah mine collapse, so little has focused on the horrible safety record, anti-unionism, and political back-room dealings of the mine company's faux-folksy CEO, Bob Murray. What she does not do, apparently, is read her own site. Just saying.
Topics: business, coal, energy, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Shameless self-promotion Friday Writing about Mooney, writing about storms	Kate Sheppard	10 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I reviewed Chris Mooney's new book, Storm World: Hurricanes, Politics, and the Battle Over Global Warming, for The American Prospect, and it's up today. Gristmiller Kit Stolz reviewed it here a while ago, but uh, mine is ... longer. Anyway, the book is good, though not the galvanizing polemic that made his first book, The Republican War on Science, a bestseller. But Mooney's got quite the knack for telling the back story on how science and politics became friends w ...
Topics: books, climate, climate change impacts, severe weather, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

The Guardian loves us, the earth We love plaudits	David Roberts	09 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The Guardian has just put out a list of the top ten green websites. You'll never guess who's No. 1. The online magazine Grist proved the most popular with Guardian and Observer staff, suggesting it has met its aim to rescue coverage of environment issues from being 'predictable, demoralising, or dull'. 'An informed and intelligent approach to the environment and wider ethical issues,' says Lucy Siegle, the Observer's ethical living correspondent. 'I also appreciate ...
Topics: shameless self-promotion, websites (all these topics)

Grist on Last.fm (with a poll!) One more Grist layer on that fatty internet sandwich	Daniel Bachhuber	06 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Like the title says, Grist is now on the social music network Last.fm! We haven't gotten into releasing our own music (yet ... ) but our two most recent weekly podcasts are up there. More importantly, if you're a fan of Last.fm you should definitely scrobble the Grist podcast every time you listen to it. We want to see those listening metrics soar! Have questions about Last.fm and Grist? Put them in the comment thread and we'll get back to you. And be sure to vot ...
Topics: music, shameless self-promotion, websites (all these topics)

YearlyKos: My long day	David Roberts	04 Aug 2007	Gristmill
This morning, I woke up early to go to the Energize America 2020 panel. There was far too much information to replicate here -- you can see the details of the plan on their site -- but as I said earlier, what's remarkable is that such a collaborative project has produced such a solid, practical plan. And the openness of the process is not some add-on, it's part of the core principles guiding the project. Read through the plan -- it fills enormous gaps in the energy p ...
Topics: Barack Obama, energy, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, politics, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Grist goes to Yearly Kos Come catch the hotness!	David Roberts	01 Aug 2007	Gristmill
As you may or may not know, this weekend the progressive website Daily Kos is holding its annual convention -- YearlyKos -- in Chicago. According to noted advocate of moderation and compassion Bill O'Reilly, Daily Kos -- which has over 50,000 registered members and on the order of 600,000 visits a day -- is a hate site that's all but indistinguishable from Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan, Mussolini, and David Duke. (Much more here.) Sounds like it should be a good party ...
Topics: Chicago, shameless self-promotion, websites (all these topics)

Free money We want some	Adam Browning	20 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Hmmm. This is interesting. Seems that American Express is running a contest, and the winning project gets $5 million. I mention this for two reasons: out of civic duty, and because our project is in the running for five million freakin' dollars. We are currently about 1,200 measly votes from making it to the next round. The project, "Harvest the Sun," is a collaboration of Vote Solar and the Center for Resource Solutions, and would go toward our work ...
Topics: energy, renewable energy, shameless self-promotion, solar voltaic power (all these topics)

Me, on the radio You know you wanna listen	David Roberts	18 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Yesterday, I was on radio show called Earthbeat, discussing the presidential candidates and their views on climate and energy. You can read about it here, or download the one-hour mp3 here.
Topics: climate, elections, energy, politics, presidential race 08, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Fox attacks the environment; I do a poor job defending it Videos for your viewing pleasure, if that's the word for it	David Roberts	12 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Film director Robert Greenwald has been producing a series of videos exposing Fox News as a propaganda arm of the far right wing (is "exposing" the right word when everyone already knows it?), under the rubric Fox Attacks. The latest in the series is Fox Attacks: The Environment, which is about Fox's hackery on the subject of global warming. Here it is: Accompanying the video is a campaign by a grassroots coalition to spread the word about Fox's environm ...
Topics: climate, shameless self-promotion, TV (all these topics)

If a website pats itself on the back in the forest and there's nobody there to hear it, does it make a sound? Grist in NYT	Kate Sheppard	04 Jul 2007	Gristmill
How did we neglect to shamelessly self-promote mention that Grist honcho Chuck Gilla got some props in Sunday's New York Times?
Topics: environmental movement, green living, messaging, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Grist D.C. reader party: Thanks for the memories A good time was had by all	David Roberts	21 Jun 2007	Gristmill
It's been over a week ago now, but memories of Grist's D.C. reader party linger on like the stain on my boss Chip's shirt from where I knocked his "causemo" all over him at the very beginning of the night, in front of several members of our board of directors. (See: How to Get Ahead at Work, p. 245) The grace and good humor with which he, um, failed to fire me on the spot were characteristic of the evening: lots of very smart, very charming people. Drinking ...
Topics: jackassery, shameless self-promotion, Washington DC (all these topics)

Fancy yourself persuasive? Record a message to the candidates about warming; win prizes	David Roberts	15 Jun 2007	Gristmill
If you had 30 seconds on camera to convince the presidential candidates to take global warming seriously, what would you say? How would you say it? Would you sing? Use visual aides? Do it in the buff? Why not give it a whirl? LCV is having a Hot Spot Contest, gathering 30 second videos from (above) average folk like you. The winning spot will win two tickets to the Live Earth show on 07/07/07. If you do submit one (via YouTube), lemme know. Maybe I'll run a few ...
Topics: climate, elections, politics, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Bonnaroo part deux I'm baaaack ...	Sarah van Schagen	14 Jun 2007	Gristmill
I'm writing this post while sitting at the Grist booth at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. If you're here, come say hi -- and explain why you're reading Gristmill instead of listening to some of the amazing music out here. It seems like it was just a year ago that I was out here reporting on all the ways Bonnaroo is making efforts to go green. And wondering how I would survive four nights in a tent ... let alone set it up. I guess I just c ...
Topics: Bonnaroo, green living, music, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Authenticity	David Roberts	12 Jun 2007	Gristmill
I'm sitting in a coffee shop just off Dupont Circle, blogging using the free wi-fi.At last I feel like a real blogger!
Topics: shameless self-promotion, Washington DC (all these topics)

Grist reader party in Washington, D.C. -- June 13 Be there!	David Roberts	07 Jun 2007	Gristmill
I'm bumping this back up to the top. Party's next Wed.! Hey all you wonky Washington, D.C., nerdlings: We're coming to your town! That's right, it's time to party with Grist -- and your fellow Grist readers. After the way Grist rocked San Francisco, I sure hope D.C. brings its A-game. Or does the vaunted Northeast Establishment want to get schooled by the West Coast? I didn't think so. For all the details about the party (Wed. June 13, 6pm - 9pm, The Reef) an ...
Topics: green living, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Geek bleg	David Roberts	06 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Not to out myself as a total geek (or has that boat sailed?), but I'd really love to read this report: "Lights Out: The Electricity Crisis, the Global Economy, and What It Means To You." My geekdom has limits, though, and I'm not about to pay for it. Any chance a Gristmill reader has a copy and wants to pass it along to me?
Topics: energy, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Taken by my parents at a Toronto Blue Jays game	David Roberts	23 May 2007	Gristmill
Gristmill: We're nuts and more!
Topics: shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Green honeymoons I had one	Sarah K. Burkhalter	22 May 2007	Gristmill
It's no Weather Channel ... but look, I'm famous!
Topics: green living, shameless self-promotion, travel (all these topics)

Grist topics Birth of a new feature	Jerome Woody	22 May 2007	Gristmill
As Dave noted yesterday, we rolled out a new site feature last weekend, and although we simply call it 'topics,' it's something we've been working on for months. Eventually it will be integrated into the site just as profoundly as commenting. Like the integrated search rolled out a while back, 'topics' is meant to give you another tool to find current and archived articles. Some features will be helpful for everyone -- the 'read more about' tool embedded in artic ...
Topics: shameless self-promotion, tech, websites (all these topics)

'Environmental pragmatist' in The New York Times All about hydrogen	Joseph Romm	21 May 2007	Gristmill
Probably half the media queries I get concern hydrogen -- thanks to my last book, The Hype about Hydrogen. Yesterday's New York Times Magazine had an exceedingly long article, 'The Zero-Energy Solution,' on a solar-hydrogen home. The author refers to me as 'an environmental pragmatist,' no doubt because I don't automatically embrace every environmental solution that comes along, but judge each on its technical and practical merit. I have written a number of arti ...
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, energy, hydrogen, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Topics	David Roberts	21 May 2007	Gristmill
Ooohhh ... pretty.
Topics: shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Paul Hawken and Blessed Unrest What would you like to ask him?	David Roberts	15 May 2007	Gristmill
Tomorrow, I'm sitting down for a chat with Paul Hawken, author, entrepreneur, and environmental legend. We'll be discussing, among other things, his new book Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw It Coming. (If you're in Seattle tomorrow, you can see Hawken at a Grist-sponsored event at Town Hall.) If you've got questions you'd like me to ask Hawken, let me know in comments. In the meantime, here's the introductio ...
Topics: environmental movement, green living, politics, Seattle, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Jerry Falwell dead We shed a tear	David Roberts	15 May 2007	Gristmill
Fundamentalist Christian minister Jerry Falwell is dead at 73. It's probably churlish to use the occasion of someone's death to point out that said person was a paranoid, avaricious, hate-spewing enabler of America's basest lizard-brain impulses, so I won't go there. I will, however, note that one of the proudest moments of my young career was being cited by name in the course of a rambling, delusional Falwell sermon on global warming, which apparently is 'Satan's Att ...
Topics: climate, green living, religion and spirituality, shameless self-promotion (all these topics)

Who's that good-lookin' guy in the commercial? Hey, that's me!	Andrew Dessler	14 May 2007	Gristmill
Republicans for Environmental Protection have sponsored a TV ad on climate change to run in Austin this week. The goal is to drum up support for the several bills on climate change currently before the Texas Legislature. Here it is: There's also an article about the ad in the Austin-American Statesman here.
Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, legislation, shameless self-promotion, state politics, Texas (all these topics)

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