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.
All Articles
-
RNC: Bipartisanship trumps renewable energy, at least party-wise
Kate and I did the party circuit tonight, and it was … weird. Our first stop was a party thrown by the Bipartisan Policy Center. Grist readers will be familiar with the BPC via its founder and current president Jason Grumet, who is Barack Obama’s top energy and climate adviser. The BPC also threw a […]
-
RNC: Spotted in downtown St. Paul
A T-shirt: “The Bible talks all about St. Paul. It doesn’t mention Minneapolis.” Civic pride!
-
‘War on the Poor’ astroturf campaign pushes for increased fossil-fuel production
Van Jones often warns clean energy proponents that anyone they don’t organize into their coalition will be organized against them. Increasing energy prices disproportionately impact the poor, which leaves low-income people and minorities open to demagogic appeals from groups focused on increasing fossil-fuel production. We saw some evidence of that dynamic today at a press […]