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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Even Republicans favor the EPA rules that Republicans are trying to block
Yet another nationwide poll has found that the public overwhelmingly supports clean air protections, across demographic and party lines. Yes, even Republicans.
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The Washington Post's boneheaded conventional wisdom on Solyndra
The Washington Post is spouting the Very Serious Conventional Wisdom: government is a "crappy" venture capitalist that shouldn't be picking winners.
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Solyndra and the self-referential Beltway media cycle
Solyndra is being called a scandal even though there hasn't been any official wrongdoing established or charged. Blame cable news and the political press.
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Fake scalp, fake scandal: DOE official didn't resign ‘over Solyndra’
Politico blasted out this headline: "Silver resigns over Solyndra loan." Scandal! An administration in crisis! Dems in disarray! But it was fiction.