David Roberts
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The Party at the End of My World
Change comes for everybody, including a group of adventurous friends who’ve convened for years to climb, swap stories, and hoist a few. These days, their founder is grappling with incurable cancer. On a happier note, their decision to open the doors a little wider has given the gathering a fresh, life-affirming spirit. → Read More
Please support
It's my last day working at Grist, but I'll continue to support it -- and I hope you will too. → Read More
There’s an emerging right-wing divide on climate denial. Here’s what it means (and doesn’t)
Establishment Republicans are moving away from denialism, but they’re not about to start promoting climate solutions. → Read More
Everybody needs a Climate Thing
Each person views climate change from their own idiosyncratic angle — and that could be the key to making progress in fighting the problem. → Read More
Jonathan Franzen is confused about climate change, but then, lots of people are
The author argues in a New Yorker essay that our climate obsession is dooming birds, which is pretty much all wrong. → Read More
Turns out the world's first "clean coal" plant is a backdoor subsidy to oil producers
The CCS project in Saskatchewan, Canada, is providing cheap CO2 to oil fields but expensive power to ratepayers. → Read More
A way to get power to the world's poor without making climate change worse
A new paper argues that it's now possible to bring power to those who lack it in a way that reduces climate pollution. → Read More
“Climate change” vs. “global warming”? It really doesn't matter
Quit with the linguistic navel-gazing. What actually counts is power. (As explained in a dozen tweets.) → Read More
How American journalists deal with climate deniers
Political reporters still treat climate denialism as though it's a normal campaign position. What's the alternative? → Read More
Nothing is nonpartisan any more
Not even behavioral change to reduce energy use. → Read More
Constitutional scholar Laurence Tribe sells his soul to Big Coal, makes terrible arguments
Tribe, a long-time Obama advisor and liberal in good standing, is taking Peabody Coal money to testify against the EPA's power plant regulations. And his arguments suck. → Read More
Utilities experience competition, don't like it, run crying to regulators
Electric utilities are facing increased competition at both the wholesale and retail levels, so they're turning to Big Government for help. → Read More
Obama finally understands political polarization. Does Hillary?
The president has given up on working with intransigent Republicans. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton is talking about "a nice warm purple space.” → Read More
How the U.S. Embassy used Twitter to clear China's air
The U.S. Embassy in Beijing tweeted data from an air-quality monitor, which triggered profound change in China’s environmental policy. → Read More
This congressman doesn’t want a federal science board to be allowed to consider science
Rep. David McKinley is pushing legislation that would prohibit the EPA from even considering landmark climate reports when it’s working on climate pollution. → Read More
What we can learn from Dr. Evil's attack on Obama’s carbon rules
PR maestro Richard Berman serves the interests of the wealthy, but he’s just one cog in a machine. The attack on Obama's power-plant rules illustrates how. → Read More
Dr. Evil is defending Big Oil -- is anyone defending climate the same way?
Richard Berman, hired henchman for fossil fuel companies, fights hard and dirty. Does anyone fight as hard and dirty for the climate? → Read More
What will a solar eclipse mean for solar power?
A total solar eclipse is headed for Europe on March 20. How is it going to affect the region's solar power? → Read More
California communities seize control of their energy futures
Here's the coolest thing happening in the electricity world right now: communities banding together and buying their own (cleaner) power, bypassing utilities. → Read More
What we can learn from British Columbia's carbon tax
A new report contains interviews with 14 key figures in the development of British Columbia's carbon tax. They share what they've learned. → Read More