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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You know any?
The longest-serving member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission is retiring. Here’s what he has to say about Yucca Mountain: Ed McGaffigan, a veteran member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, said Monday that the Yucca Mountain program is deeply flawed and that the Nevada nuclear waste site should be scrapped. "It may be time to stop […]
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Run out of a Senate committee, no less
How is it that taxpayers are funding what looks like an official Senate committee blog dispensing far-right agitprop? Here’s the story. Toward the middle of last year, then-chair of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee James Inhofe (R-Okla.) hired Marc Morano as his communications director. Morano is a long-time operative in right-wing media circles, […]
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Everything is lame
The people at Living Homes are totally lame and hypocritical for designing a modular LEED platinum house, but making it too big. And putting too much glass on it. The Prius is totally lame because it gets worse gas mileage than it says, and also because it’s not public transit. The Super Bowl is totally […]
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VP snickers at Bush energy proposals
Want to know how seriously Oilman Cheney took Bush’s ambitious goals for reducing gasoline use? Have a look: At least he gets the joke.
