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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Goodbye for now
Starting Labor Day, I'll be taking a year off from Grist, blogging, tweeting, and the entire internet. Here's why.
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Can climate science be rendered conservative-friendly?
Climate hawks have been criticized for failing to craft messages that appeal to conservatives. But is there any way to make the brutal logic of climate change congenial to modern-day American conservatism?
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The futility of “just the facts” climate science
Some folks urge climate scientists to stay away from politics and policy and stick to "just the facts." That strategy, were it possible, which it isn't, would be utterly ineffective.
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Conservative hostility to science predates climate science
The debate over whether climate scientists should stray into advocacy is largely moot. No amount of "objectivity" is going to diminish conservatives' decades-long hostility toward science.
