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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Mellifluous news
Have you listened to Grist’s podcast lately? You should.
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How much wind and solar could we have gotten for the cost of the Iraq War?
Paul Gipe does the math.
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Rich lifestyles are getting greener, if not smaller
I guess how you react to this story about the rich trying to go green will depend entirely on the assumptions you bring to it: Yet with the green movement in vogue, the rich are looking for ways to compensate for their carbon-dioxide generation, which is linked to global warming, without crimping their style. Some […]
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Building professionals overestimate costs and underestimate benefits of green building
A new study (PDF) from the World Business Council for Sustainable Development finds that folks in the real estate and construction businesses overestimate the cost of building green by 300%. Specifically, the 1,400 professionals surveyed across the globe estimated that: green building costs 17% more than normal building, when the reality is 5%, and greenhouse […]
