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David Roberts

David Roberts

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    Latest articles by David Roberts

    Climate
    Americans love clean energy. Do they care if it includes nuclear?Americans love clean energy. Do they care if it includes nuclear?
    Climate

    A new poll gets deep into voter preferences on climate policy.

    By David Roberts
    Climate
    Fox News has united the right against the Green New Deal. The left remains divided.Fox News has united the right against the Green New Deal. The left remains divided.
    Climate

    A familiar story in US politics: asymmetrical intensity.

    By David Roberts
    Climate
    This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.
    Climate

    A chat with Paul Hawken about his ambitious effort to “map, measure, and model” global warming solutions.

    By David Roberts
    Climate
    A closer look at Washington’s superb new 100% clean electricity billA closer look at Washington’s superb new 100% clean electricity bill
    Climate

    The bill contains groundbreaking changes to the way the state’s utilities do business.

    By David Roberts
    Climate
    Sen. Ed Markey: “We are now in the era of the Green New Deal”Sen. Ed Markey: “We are now in the era of the Green New Deal”
    Climate

    The resolution’s co-sponsor explains his new approach to climate policy.

    By David Roberts
    Could Barcelona’s plan to push out cars and build superblocks work in the US?
    Climate

    A few US cities, like Portland, Oregon, might have the infrastructure and civic will to follow in Barcelona’s footsteps.

    By David Roberts
    Barcelona’s superblocks are a new model for “post-car” urban living
    Climate

    If the plan can survive politics, it can demonstrate how to create tight-knit urban communities.

    By David Roberts
    Barcelona is pushing out cars and putting in superblocks. Here are the 2 biggest challenges ahead.
    Climate

    The twin terrors of traffic and gentrification, and how they can be addressed.

    By David Roberts
    Barcelona wants to build 500 superblocks. Here’s what it learned from the first ones.
    Climate

    “It was amazing when they stopped the cars.”

    By David Roberts
    Climate
    Barcelona’s remarkable history of rebirth and transformationBarcelona’s remarkable history of rebirth and transformation
    Climate

    How the city grew, from pre-Christian Romans to Cerdà to the 1992 Olympics.

    By David Roberts