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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McCain economics
Here’s Obama’s new ad hitting McCain: I’m not entirely sure I get the Iraq bit. Is the Obama campaign now trying to cast Iraq as some sort of pampered welfare recipient? I know it now has an oil surplus, but it’s not exactly like they’re sitting pretty over there.
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Bush administration hustles through ESA rule change with minimal feedback; Obama opposes
So, remember that proposed rule change for the Endangered Species Act, the one that would effectively gut it? A few interesting details. Normally, the Fish and Wildlife Service has a 90-day comment period for a rule change like this. When the draft of this rule change was first released, it was cut to 60. Now […]
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The two faces of Newt Gingrich
Here’s Newt Gingrich cuddling up with Nancy Pelosi, basking in the reflected glow of her credibility on climate change: Here’s Gingrich on C-SPAN, attacking the “Al-Gore-Hard-Left-Pelosi-Reid” Democrats for failing to vote on Republicans’ drilling-only bill:
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The media will not tell the public the real story on the energy clash in Congress
I’m not sure what’s more astonishing, the current political drama around energy or the utter and complete failure of the media to portray it accurately. Let’s recall what’s happened over this past session. Congress had some 13 chances to support renewable energy, as bill after bill was put forward by Democrats. Republicans blocked them all. […]