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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Me, elsewhere
Two things I wrote yesterday are now up on other sites. Over at the Guardian‘s opinion site, I’ve got a piece on Obama’s new energy plan. (Wow, the comments are really awful over there.) Over at TPM Cafe, I’m taking part in a "book club" roundtable on S&N’s new book Break Through (heard of it?). […]
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Nuclear still on the verge of its comeback
If the nuclear industry “primes” for its long-rumored comeback much longer, the country’s going to get a collective case of blue balls. Meanwhile, this short excerpt pretty much contains the entire history of the nuclear debate in a nutshell: [Nuke company] NRG Energy chief executive David W. Crane proclaimed “a new day for energy in […]
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Congress finally pays attention to energy storage tech
I missed this when it happened, but (via Hill Heat) it’s nice to see that the House science committee recently held a hearing on energy storage technology. It’s a woefully underappreciated piece of the energy puzzle and overdue for some concerted attention. In the context of the hearing, the Subcommittee also discussed draft legislation entitled […]
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Large wild animals frolic, elicit ooh’s, aah’s
OK, this is just stoopid cute. (via Pat Joseph)