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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Individuals support policies they don’t live by voluntarily
Over at the New Yorker, James Surowiecki draws our attention to this oddity: The curious fact is that many people buying three-ton Suburbans for that arduous two-mile trip to the supermarket also want Congress to pass laws making it harder to buy Suburbans at all. This is, he notes, not an isolated phenomenon: individuals often […]
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My product rules!
So, I’m reading this incredibly weak defense of corn ethanol, and I’m thinking, "who the hell would put their name on this swill?" Then I get to the bottom: Robert Gallant is president and chief executive officer of GreenField Ethanol, Canada’s largest ethanol producer. Ah.
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We didn’t give away the ending, honest!
On Friday, a Daily Grist blurb about the final Harry Potter book ended with this: Which totally makes up for the fact that Harry dies in the end. Oops, did we say that out loud? We didn’t think much of it. I mean: The book wasn’t even out yet, and getting an advance copy was […]
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Even more guidance
Resources for the Future has put together yet another comprehensive guide to current climate legislation, if the other guides aren’t working for you. This one comes in two forms: either a convenient comparison grid (PDF), or a timeline of emission reduction targets (PDF). Compare away.
