Articles by David Roberts

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How American journalists deal with climate deniers

Political reporters still treat climate denialism as though it's a normal campaign position. What's the alternative?…

David Roberts Politics
Nothing is nonpartisan any more

Not even behavioral change to reduce energy use.

David Roberts Technology
Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe sells his soul to Big Coal, makes terrible arguments

Tribe, a long-time Obama advisor and liberal in good standing, is taking Peabody Coal money to testify against the EPA's…

David Roberts Politics
Utilities experience competition, don’t like it, run crying to regulators

Electric utilities are facing increased competition at both the wholesale and retail levels, so they're turning to Big Government for…

David Roberts Technology