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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Suing energy companies for global warming damages
I don’t have strong opinions on suing energy companies over global warming, but the notion does seem somewhat suspect. For starters, they don’t really have enough money to materially compensate the affected class of people — namely, everyone in the world. Legal liability taken with any seriousness at all would quickly bankrupt them. I’m all […]
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Thinking the unthinkable
The Minneapolis Star-Tribune wonders: The end of coal?
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He doesn’t say so explicitly …
… but this Paul Krugman column is about placemaking. On that note, don’t miss our Smart(ish) Cities series.
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