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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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:
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Climate poll
Via E&E ($ub. req’d), a new Harris poll found that "66 percent of respondents say it is important for the president to have a policy on climate change and 63 percent say the president should take action soon after taking office to address the issue." Who do they think would do a better job on […]
