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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‘Ahead of the Curve: Business Responds to Climate Change’
Here is an absolutely stellar video from Sea Studios productions called "Ahead of the Curve: Business Responds to Climate Change": (via Steve Clemons)
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Notable quotable
“We need to create new jobs in this country — green collar jobs that can help our economy and our environment. And I’d like to point out that that’s my term — ‘green collar’ jobs. See, I can come up with exciting phrases.” — Hillary Clinton … at least according to The Onion.
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No (Dutch) nukes
The Netherlands is opting for carbon sequestration and renewables over nuclear power. What does this mean? Why, clearly it reinforces what you have always said!
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New study: Ordinary soot second biggest driver of climate change
After carbon dioxide, the second largest contributor to global warming is ordinary soot, according to new research published Sunday in Nature Geoscience. So-called "black carbon" has up to 60 percent the warming effects of the more oft-noted culprit CO2. The implication is fairly radical: Quickly reducing soot could have substantial short-term effects on the rate […]