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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Conservatives want to end support for America's fastest growing industry
In these grim economic times, one U.S. industry has defied gravity. It employs 100,000 Americans at 5,000 mostly small businesses in all 50 states. And it's wildly popular with the American public -- but not with Republicans in Congress.
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Is a centralized climate solution still possible? And more from my chat with Andy Revkin
David Roberts had an interesting chat with Andy Revkin of The New York Times on climate policy and the prospects for a sustainable future.
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MSM on Solyndra: It's not a scandal
Even as the Solyndra affair is being cast as a scandal, lots of writers and newspapers are saying the same thing: No wrongdoing has been uncovered.
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Friday music blogging: Elliott Brood
When David Roberts went to the Pickathon music festival in Oregon earlier this year, he discovered a bunch of new bands, but none won him over as quickly and thoroughly as Elliott Brood, a three-piece twang/folk/rock outfit from Toronto.
