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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The biggest oversight in Obama’s climate plan is a doozy
It's coal! Obama plans to regulate carbon emissions from coal plants, but he's doing nothing to stop coal leasing on public lands or coal exports through the Northwest to China.
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The significance of Obama’s cryptic Keystone comments
The president's comments about the Keystone XL pipeline don't necessarily mean he'll reject (or approve) it. But they might reveal a radical way of thinking about infrastructure in an age of climate change.
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The two things we learned about Obama’s plans to regulate coal
Obama's climate speech and plan contained few details about upcoming EPA carbon rules for power plants, but we do now know a couple of important things.
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No-drama Obama unveils series of modest, sensible steps on climate change
Obama's climate plan contains no sweeping, cathartic gestures, just a series of small, sensible steps. But small, sensible steps matter.
