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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Never mind the State of the Union; here’s what Obama can actually do on climate
From cracking down on power plants to getting rid of HFCs, there's a lot the president can do on climate change without the help of Congress.
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Attention investors: Climate policy could knock off half the value of fossil fuel companies
A recent report from HSBC Global Research finds that serious climate policy could reduce the value of large fossil fuel companies by half.
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Renewables cheaper than coal in Australia — a preview of things to come
"The perception that fossil fuels are cheap and renewables are expensive is now out of date," says the head of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
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The U.S. electricity system: Overengineered and vulnerable
Our electricity system is both overengineered and brittle. It's time to push it into the 21st century.
