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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Why do ‘experts’ always lowball clean-energy projections?
Renewable energy evolves quickly and is hard to quantify, but experts' predictions last decade were way off. It makes you wonder what today's projections will look like in 2020.
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U.S. leads the world in cutting CO2 emissions — so why aren’t we talking about it?
Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. is making progress on climate change. And not just because of the recession and the natural-gas boom.
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Friday music blogging: Hacienda
Hacienda is a quartet out of San Antonio, Texas. They’ve been putting out albums since 2008, getting a reputation for great live shows. Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys heard one of their early demos and has been a big backer from early on. Auerbach produced the band’s latest, Shakedown, and it’s a doozy. It’s […]
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The left’s gone left but the right’s gone nuts: Asymmetrical polarization in action
Political polarization has risen sharply in recent years. But the process hasn't been symmetrical: Republicans have moved farther right than Democrats have left.
