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 real reason the climate bill is going to suck

    The clean energy bill slogging through the U.S. Congress is far weaker than what’s needed. There’s every chance it will a) get weaker still and b) fail to pass in the end. These facts are widely acknowledged among progressives. What’s less agreed upon is who or what is to blame. You see a lot of […]

    David Roberts Politics

  • A scary photo for Halloween

    If only they’d known how right they were … Washington State Historical Society Thanks to reader Bill Broadhead for digging this gem out of the Washington State Historical Society’s excellent digital collections. Here’s the full description: “A rectangular piece of coal in a wagon is on display in the middle of Pacific Avenue in Tacoma […]

    David Roberts Climate & Energy

  • Friday music blogging: Phosphorescent

    Phosphorescent is a low-key, low-fi indie folk band along the lines of Iron & Wine or Bon Iver — your basic haunting, echo-y, twangy music for bearded folk. They’ve never really broken out, but if you’re among the bearded, trust me, they will richly reward your attention. Their new album is called To Willie, and […]

    David Roberts Uncategorized

  • Republicans threaten to boycott Kerry-Boxer markup over substanceless procedural complaint

    Darren covered this over at ClimateWire, but I’m not sure a straight news story can really capture the toxicity and absurdity of what the Inhofe is planning to do on the climate bill next week. Some background: when the Waxman-Markey chairman’s mark was released, the EPA undertook an exhaustive five-week analysis of its economic impacts. […]

    David Roberts Politics