David Roberts
Writer
I write about energy and climate change.
The Department of Transportation just issued a comprehensive policy on self-driving cars
Federal policy is aimed at getting autonomous vehicles on the road.
The key to tackling climate change: electrify everything
Electricity is the only form of energy we really know how to decarbonize.
Electric vehicles can go far enough. People just don’t know it yet.
While everyone was worrying about range, EVs got lots better.
Why conspiracy theories flourish on the right
New research identifies the sorts of people attracted to conspiracies. They sound familiar.
Rifts are forming in the GOP on climate and clean energy. Here’s how they could be exploited.
In which I tell rich people how to spend their money.