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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U.S. taxpayers could have had a $600 million stake in Tesla
And other misadventures from the growing profusion of federal loan programs.
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Personal rapid transit: The future of public transportation, maybe
A new personal rapid transport system called skyTran could revolutionize urban transportation. Or not.
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A bit of good green energy news for your holidays, courtesy of New England
In Northeastern power markets, renewable energy is increasingly cheaper than fossil fuel energy.
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Could flooding finally wake Americans up to the climate crisis?
Several big U.S. cities could be seeing 30 days of flooding a year by 2020, a new study says.
