Former snowboarder/philosophy studier David "Climate Nuremberg" Roberts: It's not the U.S. *President* but the U.S. *Congress* who has the power to prevent bad weather

Climate change and the cult of the presidency | Grist

But in the end, his power on this issue pales before the power of Congress. It is Congress that passes laws, and it is laws we need.

Staff Bios - David Roberts - Grist

After several wayward years spent snowboarding and getting an MA in philosophy (go griz), he woke up with nothing but a dissertation between him and an arid, cloistered life spent debating minutiae with the world’s other 12 Dewey scholars. So he bailed.