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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The Clean Air Act has been cheaper and more effective than industry predicts, again and again
For decades, industry economists have overestimated the cost of air-quality regulations. A new report finds the Clean Air Act has been a bargain.
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Industry is always wrong about the cost of air-quality regulations
Industry has wildly overestimated the cost of virtually every air-quality regulation ever. Now they're doing it again, on EPA carbon pollution regs.
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Lessons from the climate fight: Dem party leaders screwed the climate bill
The leadership of the Democratic Party did little to help the climate bill and much to hurt it, treating it with indifference, carelessness, and hostility.
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Lessons from the climate fight: McCain's a tool
One fact that bobs to the surface as you read Ryan Lizza's New Yorker piece on the death of the climate bill is that John McCain is kind of a tool.
