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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Public spending on transit is an easy call
Katharine Mieszkowski tells the sordid story: in the U.S., ridership for public transit is up, demand is up, but funding is going down and transit systems are decaying. The Washington Post says "[D.C.] Metro and 30 other transit agencies across the country may have to pay billions of dollars to large banks as years-old financing […]
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Majorities oppose mountaintop removal mining
The first nationwide poll ever taken on the subject finds that most Americans oppose the practice of mountaintop-removal mining, specifically the Bush administration’s recent bid to repeal the stream buffer zone rule. Of course, much like polls about climate, a high percentage of people willing to say it concerns them does not indicate a high […]
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But most of our products aren’t splitting apart and crashing to the ground!
“Other turbines owned by that customer and our other customers at various locations in the U.S. are operating without interruption.” — India’s Suzlon Energy Ltd., the world’s fifth-largest wind turbine manufacturer, on news that a 140-foot-long blade on one of its turbines in Wyanet, Illinois, had split apart, flown off, and crashed to the ground, […]
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The imminent nuclear revival
Still imminent! And kudos to Joe for getting a voice of sanity out into the MSM: The critics argue that the same money spent elsewhere — on wind power, or on retrofitting buildings — could create bigger cuts in carbon dioxide output. Joseph J. Romm, an official in the Energy Department during the Clinton administration, […]
