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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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  • Notable quotable

    “Maybe we’re wrong.” — the Nader 2008 Presidential Exploratory Committee, getting halfway there

  • No such thing as a feebate lunch

    Remember that cool experiment in feebates that was about to pass through California’s Assembly? Guess not.

  • On the Schwarzenegger endorsement

    There is speculation all over the place about a Schwarzenegger endorsement. "Sources" tell CNN that he’ll endorse McCain tomorrow. McCain’s a gimmee for Arnie — another maverick Republican who supports action on global warming. And since it looks increasingly likely that McCain’s got it sewn up, that’s probably that. Matters would have been much more […]

  • Barbara Boxer is on the hunt …

    … for 60 votes (sub rqd) to overcome the inevitable filibuster of Lieberman-Warner. Meanwhile, Friends of the Earth — the only green group to come out against L-W early and consistently — has launched a “fix it or ditch” campaign on the bill. It’s running print ads in The Hill and Roll Call. Frankly, I […]