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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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"The perception that fossil fuels are cheap and renewables are expensive is now out of date," says the head of Bloomberg New Energy Finance.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.
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China is getting serious about taming coal
The most worrisome energy trend in the world is rising coal consumption in China. But Chinese officials have announced an ambitious new plan to curb that growth.
