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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Responding to the “energy tax” attack
I’ll get more into the specifics of the Waxman/Markey bill in a bit, but first let’s address something lots of people have been asking me about these past few days: how to respond to Republican attacks that Dem energy/climate legislation constitutes an “energy tax” that will cost every American family 178 katrillion dollars every time […]
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Seth Meyers jokes with NRDC
Saturday Night Live‘s Seth Meyers addresses a fancy NRDC fundraiser. Pretty funny:
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Cable talkers take note of Shimkus flat-earthism
The idiocy of John Shimkus has attracted some attention from cable talkers. Here’s Rachel Maddow: Here’s Keith Olbermann:
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In defense of the Dems’ One Big Bill energy/climate strategy
As Kate reported, Reps. Waxman and Markey have released a discussion draft of their American Clean Energy and Security (ACES, heh) Act. You can read Kate’s post for details, the full 600-page(!) text if you’ve got the nerve, or a summary. As far as I can tell, this didn’t get much media, which is peculiar, […]