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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Come gaze at your navel for a while
Should we focus our efforts on slowing future climate warming (mitigation) or preparing for future climate warming (adaptation), or both? The question is rife with political and practical complexities. I’m sure we’ll have many occasions to discuss them soon. But I want to try to put the politics and practicalities aside for a moment and […]
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Peek beneath the sarcasm and machismo
Is there anything to be gained by wading into this article from Jonah Goldberg? The mere prospect leaves me fatigued. The piece actually makes sense on its own pinched, cowardly terms. It proceeds from common conservative premises: Economic development and environmental protection are a zero-sum game; add to one, you subtract from the other. In […]
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Coal is still the enemy of the human race
When I talked to Rep. Jay Inslee, he specifically asked me to emphasize to readers the distinction between coal gasification (that is, producing electricity in IGCC coal plants) and coal-to-liquids (that is, producing liquid diesel fuel from coal via the Fischer-Tropsch process). The former might some day be environmentally tolerable, if accompanied by carbon sequestration. […]
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Seriously, isn’t it just gross?
Having adopted a quasi-vegetarian lifestyle, I can finally join in: man, you meat eaters suck! Ahem. Speaking of my quasi-vegetarianism … what’s the deal with soy sauce? I’ve found that eating vegetarian in practice means eating lots and lots of Mexican (rice and beans) and Chinese (rice and veggies) food. When it comes to the […]
