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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Oregon governor questions wisdom of headlong coal-export push
Facing a brewing battle over coal exports in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber argues we need a real national energy policy.
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Joe Nocera knows from boneheaded
Nocera's latest New York Times column on Keystone is a classic example of the glib hippie-punching that substitutes for serious engagement on climate issues among Very Serious People.
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The virtues of being unreasonable on Keystone
NYT blogger Andy Revkin is unhappy that Keystone activists are angry at him. But there's only so long you can float above the real climate fights, supporting action in the abstract but never in the particular.
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The Tesla/N.Y. Times fight is a sideshow
Arguing over the precise performance characteristics of one electric car on one trip tells us nothing about how we need to change our transportation system.
