David Roberts
Vox
Seattle, WA, United States
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America is making climate promises again. Should anyone care?
Policy, not aspirations, will determine Biden’s legacy on climate change. → Read More
Joe Manchin will decide if Biden succeeds on climate change
A clean energy standard rests in his hands. → Read More
Joe Biden should do everything at once
How to succeed in hyperpolarized politics: run a blitz. → Read More
Big electric trucks and buses are coming. Here’s how to speed up the transition.
Financing, policy, and private sector tools can fund vehicle costs and new charging infrastructure. → Read More
The Earth itself could provide carbon-free heat for buildings
The world needs clean heat, and geothermal energy has it. → Read More
Joe Biden will be president, but there will be no Green New Deal
Without Congress, he’ll be limited to executive action, just like Obama. → Read More
Nevada voters seal renewable energy goals in their state constitution
Nevada voters have approved Question 6, amending the state’s constitution to require electricity providers to shift to at least 50 percent renewable energy by 2030. → Read More
Live results: Nevada renewable energy ballot initiative
Voters could require the state’s electricity supplies to shift to 50 percent renewable energy by 2030. → Read More
The absurd controversy over Joe Biden’s “transition away from the oil industry”
Trump wants to make the shift to clean energy sound abrupt and scary. → Read More
Geothermal energy is poised for a big breakout
"An engineering problem that, when solved, solves energy." → Read More
How Joe Biden could reorient foreign policy around climate change
A new report lays out a series of bold steps Biden could take as president without any help from Congress. → Read More
What Joe Biden was trying to say about the Green New Deal
His plan was inspired by it, but is not the same. → Read More
On climate change, oil and gas companies have a long way to go
A new report finds that all the new industry commitments don’t add up. → Read More
Noam Chomsky’s Climate Crisis and the Green New Deal takes on capitalism and politics
A chat about his new book with co-author Robert Pollin. → Read More
We have to accelerate clean energy innovation to curb the climate crisis. Here’s how.
A detailed road map for building a US energy innovation ecosystem. → Read More
What’s causing climate change, in 10 charts
Different ways of looking at the problem. → Read More
What’s causing climate change, in 10 charts
Different ways of looking at the problem. → Read More
California’s recurring wildfire problem, explained
The state’s weather is becoming increasingly warmer and volatile due to climate change. And there are more people and buildings. → Read More
How America can leave fossil fuels behind
What the 2020 US election means for climate change. → Read More
Big Oil’s hopes are pinned on plastics. It won’t end well.
The industry’s only real source of growth probably won’t grow much. → Read More