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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Friedman’s Chapter 18
For ages I’ve been meaning to mention Thomas Friedman’s Chapter 18 Project, an online addendum to his new book Hot, Flat, and Crowded (which I reviewed). It’s a not-very-frequently-updated blog, but it’s also a call for ideas, which Friedman will allegedly rate or assess or something, for possible inclusion in a paperback edition. Share your […]
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My review of Tom Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded
I just noticed that my review of Tom Friedman’s Hot, Flat, and Crowded (along with two other books, from EDF’s Fred Krupp and RAN’s Mike Brune) is now available online in full, should anyone still be interested.
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Massive U.N. study attempts to do for biodiversity what IPCC did for climate
When Wall Street saw around $1-$1.5 trillion dollars go up in smoke from the financial sector, the world rightfully freaked the hell out. Meanwhile, the world is burning up between $2 trillion and $5 trillion of capital a year through global forest loss. That’s the cumulative value of the lost services forests provide, including carbon […]
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ACEEE was doing state-level efficiency studies before state-level efficiency studies were cool
Everyone’s buzzing about the new study out of UC-Berkeley showing that California’s energy-efficiency measures have created 1.5 million jobs and saved residents $56 billion in energy costs since 1972. (See Joe Romm’s breakdown, or Brad’s.) Turns out efficiency works! While it’s on everyone’s mind, I’d also direct your attention to "More Jobs and Greater Total […]
