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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In which I rejoice
Count me among those rejoicing: Citigroup analyst John Hill downgraded coal company stocks across the board in a report this week, saying that expected U.S. greenhouse gas regulations on coal, which emits more of the main heat-trapping gas carbon dioxide than any other fuel, paint a bleak outlook for the sector. Downward pressure on stock […]
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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 […]
