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 Epstein alternative
Paul Epstein responds to a recent NYT story on the much-ballyhooed “nuclear revival” with a letter to the editor: There are many reasons to balk at constructing new nuclear power plants. Safety, storage, and security are significant obstacles, the last two of which may be insurmountable. Ten seismic faults lie within a 20-mile radius of […]
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Nation asks, won’t you choo-choo me home?
“There is an appetite for city-to-city rail. Why should we be different than any other country in the world? You go to Europe and you can’t get an airplane to a city less than 200 miles away.” — Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell, commenting on rising national interest in passenger rail
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Educate David on California’s Prop H
One thing I wish I’d gotten to dig into further before the election is Proposition H in California. (Our own Sara Barz covered it briefly in this post.) The renewable mandates aren’t what interest me — it’s more the question of making PG&E a public utility. I’m told by a friend in San Fran that […]
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Home values near transit stations defy the financial crisis
“With the energy [price] increase, it isn’t too much of a surprise that people are saying, ‘Gee, being close to public transportation is something that I value.'” — Byron Koste, director of the real estate center at the University of Colorado at Boulder, commenting on the fact that Denver homes located near light rail stations […]
