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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Coal in the presidential campaign: Sound and fury, signifying little
Coal has become a big issue in the presidential campaign, and it came up again in Tuesday's debate, but neither candidate would do much to stop coal's downward slide.
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What would it mean to treat climate change like a security threat?
In the realm of national security, we accept the need to make decisions in the face of clashing worldviews and incomplete information. David Roberts wonders what climate hawks can learn from security hawks.
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Questions at VP debate reveal bankrupt Beltway thinking
The vice presidential debate revealed nothing about energy or climate, but lots about the twisted priorities of Beltway conventional wisdom.
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Bill McKibben nails it on Bill Maher show — plus Tuesday-afternoon quarterbacking
Bill McKibben did a bang-up job of talking about climate change on "Real Time with Bill Maher" -- and it got David Roberts thinking about effective climate communication.
