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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On Clinton’s gas tax challenge
“Senator Clinton claimed yesterday that I either stand with her on this proposal or stand with the oil companies. To that I say: I stand with the families of Colorado, who aren’t looking for bumper sticker fixes that don’t fix anything, but for meaningful change that brings real relief and a new direction for our […]
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DeSmogBlog uncovers Heartland lies
The right-wing Heartland Institute has been making a big fuss about "500 Scientists with Documented Doubts of Man-Made Global Warming Scares." Five hundred skeptical scientists? Sounds bad! Kevin Grandia at DeSmogBlog had the radical idea of actually contacting the scientists, to see if they are being accurately characterized by Heartland. You see where this is […]
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Tory swelling
The Tories are kicking Labour’s ass in the U.K. elections. More about the Tories’ surprising degree of green here.
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Obama on gas prices
If you can overlook the silly “price gouging” bit, this strikes me as an enormously effective push-back against Clinton’s attacks:
