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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Latest clean energy faux scandal engulfs GOP spokesman Mitch Daniels
In a shocking turn of events, Republicans have turned on the very man they chose to speak for them in response to Obama's State of the Union address -- Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
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Clean energy is a wedge issue that favors Democrats
Overwhelming majorities of Americans support clean energy. The issue is an electoral winner for Democrats if they quit playing defense and go on the attack.
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Obama doesn’t back down on clean energy
During the State of the Union, I was watching for whether the president would back down on clean energy in the face of coordinated GOP assault. He did not. Instead, he doubled down.
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In SOTU, Obama trying yet again to blunt polluter attacks with policy concessions
In his State of the Union address tonight, Obama will try to convince the right that he loooves fossil fuels, despite his Keystone XL decision. As if going on the defensive has worked before.
