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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Prehistory called, it wants its worldview back …
“Environmental issues are a luxury good. Now we have to tighten our belt and to cut the luxury.” — Czech President Vaclav Klaus, criticizing the newly signed E.U. climate deal
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Hilda Solis chosen to head Labor Department
Wow! This is amazing news. Solis has been one of the House’s leading champions of green jobs and environmental justice. She was the sponsor of the Green Jobs Bill. More on this soon, but … wo0t!
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Vilsack on organic ag and ethanol
If you’re digging around on Tom Vilsack, Obama’s nominee to head USDA, you might want to check out a couple of interviews, both done during his (brief) presidential campaign this year. The short assessment is: He seems committed on climate change and energy security, and committed on vastly ramping up ethanol, and utterly unaware of […]
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Attempting to un-vex the vexing subject of cap-and-dividend
I was on a conference call earlier this week focused on cap-and-dividend. (You can download the MP3.) C&D, if you don’t recall, is a kind of hybrid cap-and-trade/carbon tax developed by Peter Barnes. A fee would be levied on fossil fuels; the revenue would be refunded to citizens on an equal per capita basis. (Imagine […]