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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GOP to Navy: Use more oil, demand more money
In a budget hearing, GOP lawmakers mocked the Navy for its commitment to conserve energy, and instead suggested it spend more time advocating for military bloat.
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Friday music blogging: Ani DiFranco
Ani DiFranco's new album, her eleventy-millionth, is her most political in years, a clear response to the Tea Party and the Occupy movement. She's still got her knack for making radicalism into poetry.
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One year in, GOP Solyndra investigation remains a gigantic nothingburger
One year after it started, the GOP investigation into Solyndra has found ... nothing. And independent analysts have found that the DOE loan guarantee program is on track and under budget. But Republicans aren't letting the facts stop their crusade.
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Climate analysts are from Mars, climate activists are from Venus … but they both live on Earth
With the Keystone XL pipeline back in the news, David Roberts tackles the tensions between climate analysts and climate advocates -- and finds they're better off working together.
