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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The push for local control over energy makes the NYT

The New York Times hits on an important trend: cities like Boulder, Colo., trying to wrest control of their power systems from privately owned utilities.

David Roberts Technology
Help Henry Waxman write a new carbon-tax bill

The Democratic rep is seeking public feedback as he designs a new climate bill. Herein I offer my two cents.

David Roberts Climate & Energy
Where innovation advocates go wrong

Advocates of cleantech innovation make important points, but they miss the big picture if they think they're in competition with advocates of deployment.

David Roberts Technology
Ending the stupid technology innovation vs. deployment fight once and for all

Should we develop new clean energy technology or deploy the tech we already have? Both, obviously. So why are we still arguing about it?

David Roberts Technology