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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Big emissions gains require big investments; get over it
I’m not particularly invested in white roofs — the subject of several stories yesterday, reporting research showing that painting roofs white in several major urban areas would have a surprisingly large effect on warming — but Keith Johnson’s response on Environmental Capital makes me grind my teeth: The scale and cost of any program that […]
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Palin parries with Charles Gibson on climate change
“Show me where I have ever said that there’s absolute proof that nothing that man has ever conducted or engaged in has had any effect, or no effect, on climate change.” Photo: Trica Ward In her first substantial interview with a news journalist since being picked as John McCain’s vice presidential candidate two weeks ago, […]
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A 9/11 SAT quiz
Hurricane Katrina is to global warming as 9/11 is to ________.
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Some Palin energy expertise
ABC has released some excerpts of its interview with Sarah Palin, which will air tonight and tomorrow night. Asked if it would be worth it to go to war with Russia over the invasion of Georgia: [Putin’s] mission, if it is to control energy supplies, also, coming from and through Russia, that’s a dangerous position […]
