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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Alex Steffen on individual action in context
The perennial debate over the value of voluntary individual action — recently revived by Tidwell’s piece and the sociologists’ response — reminded me that some of the best, or least my favorite, writing on the subject comes from Worldchanging’s Alex Steffen. Like this: And here’s the essential break between lite green and bright green thinking: […]
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Cutting edge investment philanthropy from the search engine’s .org arm
Joel Makower brings news of an interesting and innovative initiative (an III, if you will) from Google.org, the search company’s non-nonprofit philanthropy arm. They’re sending out an open call asking inventors and entrepreneurs to pitch them on products and services that would speed the commercialization of plug-in hybrids. There’s $10 million in investment capital waiting […]
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Tell us what to call our new news section
Our sharp-eyed readers will have noticed changes in Grist’s news section. Used to be, we had the Daily Grist: five (or so) news blurbs, sent out via email and published in the eponymous section of the site. Only five blurbs? you ask incredulously. Published once a day? That’s not very internety! We know. Thus the […]
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BusinessWeek allows Whitman to lobby for nukes under the guise of an op-ed
Here’s yet another op-ed from Christie Whitman cheerleading for nuclear power. To get a sense of the bad faith that infuses the whole thing, check out this paragraph: Of course, we could buy energy-saving appliances or drive fuel-efficient cars. We can recycle cans, bottles, and newspapers. We can even plant carbon-absorbing trees. But, no matter […]
