David Roberts

David Roberts

Editor-at-Large .

David Roberts is editor-at-large at Canary Media. He podcasts and writes about clean energy via his Substack, Volts. Previously, he covered the same subjects for five years at Vox, and before that for 10 years at Grist. He lives in Seattle.

Climate crisis

Reason to have hope on climate: 'We are bending the curve'

A conversation on ‘Pod Save America’ about COP26, Build Back Better, super-apocalyptic eventualities avoided and more.

By David Roberts . 16 November 2021
Climate crisis

Don't buy into the gloomy COP26 rhetoric

Momentum on climate action is picking up, and lots of efforts are heading in the right direction.

By David Roberts . 15 November 2021
Clean energy

Google and others have committed to 24/7 carbon-free energy. What does that mean?

Here's your introduction to the hot new trend in clean-energy pledges.

By David Roberts . 12 November 2021
Solar

Solar power is a huge success story. A longtime solar champion explains how it happened

Adam Browning, departing leader of Vote Solar, shares insights from his 20-year career as a pioneering solar advocate.

By David Roberts . 8 November 2021
Policy & regulation

If key climate policy is jettisoned, can the US still meet its climate targets?

The Clean Electricity Performance Program is likely a goner. We parse the data to gauge where the country stands without it.

By David Roberts . 20 October 2021
Clean energy

The unstoppably good news about clean energy

Kingsmill Bond of Carbon Tracker says the transition to renewables is inevitable based on sheer economics.

By David Roberts . 13 October 2021
Transportation

Uber and Lyft are hurting, not helping, the climate and society

If you care about livable cities and a livable climate, ride-hailing is not the answer, according to a new study.

By David Roberts . 27 September 2021
Policy & regulation

Illinois' new climate bill is ambitious, justice-focused and a model for the nation

Environmental justice advocates laid the groundwork with years of grassroots organizing, then hashed out details with labor, renewables companies and lawmakers.

By David Roberts . 22 September 2021
Politics

What's in the latest version of House Dems' proposed clean energy legislation?

A detailed breakdown of the CEPP, tax credits for renewables, labor standards and more.

By David Roberts . 15 September 2021
Politics

Sen. Tina Smith on the Democratic plan to clean up the US electricity sector

The Clean Electricity Payment Program, sponsored by Smith, would be the biggest clean energy policy the country has ever seen.

By David Roberts . 14 September 2021

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David Roberts

Reason to have hope on climate: 'We are bending the curve'

Don't buy into the gloomy COP26 rhetoric

Google and others have committed to 24/7 carbon-free energy. What does that mean?

Solar power is a huge success story. A longtime solar champion explains how it happened

If key climate policy is jettisoned, can the US still meet its climate targets?

The unstoppably good news about clean energy

Uber and Lyft are hurting, not helping, the climate and society

Illinois' new climate bill is ambitious, justice-focused and a model for the nation

What's in the latest version of House Dems' proposed clean energy legislation?

Sen. Tina Smith on the Democratic plan to clean up the US electricity sector