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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We bad
In his question/rant for Gore, Sen. Kit Bond (R-Mo.) cited a quote from Gore’s interview with Grist. It’s this: "I believe it’s appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is." The quote bounced around skeptic circles for a long time a while back. Suffice to say, it’s been yanked from […]
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Liveblogging is the new black
Gore is just arriving at the Senate. The cameras are clicking! The crowd is buzzing! David is liveblogging! Join me below the fold. Sen. Boxer is looking quite stylish, no? Rules are being introduced. Hopefully it won’t take 15 minutes like in the House. Uh oh. Inhofe’s going already. Whining about getting the testimony late. […]
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He was nice to Gore
One thing worth noting from this morning’s hearing: Dingell, whom I expected to challenge Gore aggressively, asked him not a single question. In fact, he was enormously respectful of Gore. And the way he attempted to pronounce Bjorn Lomborg’s name made it clear that it was not him who invited Lomborg. Maybe he really has […]
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Gore errata
If you just can’t get enough livebloggin’, Brian Beutler also had a running commentary on Gore’s testimony over at his blog. Meanwhile, Inhofe and Co. are busy whining that they didn’t get Gore’s Senate testimony earlier. True statesmen. It looks like Lomborg’s testimony has been delayed so long that Gore will be in front of […]
