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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The subjects of PETA and vegetarianism …
… have clearly driven you people insane.
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Me, at Discover Brilliant
From Mon. – Wed. next week, I’m going to the Discover Brilliant conference in Seattle. It will be attended by a who’s-who of smart folks working to green the utility, transportation, and technology worlds. Green geek heaven! Here’s a list of speakers. Anybody in particular you Gristies want me to chat with?
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It’s not that individuals can’t do anything about climate — they just can’t do it by themselves
I’ve been thinking about this debate over voluntary individual action and its place in the larger fight for sustainability (see here, here, and here). It’s missing something. A huge gulf has developed in America between public and private life. This has put green activism — all of progressivism, actually — on the horns of a […]
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Stratfor analysis of the backlash against ethanol
Stratfor’s Bart Mongoven on why the growing negative buzz around ethanol is having limited political effect: … the backlash against biofuels is in full swing. The critics, however, are running head on into the powerful agricultural lobbies in the United States and Europe that so successfully championed the issue in the first place. These advocates […]