Articles by Staff Writer Jake Bittle
Jake Bittle is a staff writer at Grist, covering climate change, energy, and natural disasters. He is the author of The Great Displacement: Climate Change and the Next American Migration. He is writing a book about Kern County, California, and is currently a New America fellow.
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![John Cangialosi, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center, inspects a satellite image of Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 season.]()
![John Cangialosi, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center, inspects a satellite image of Hurricane Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 season.]()
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall, fueled by record-breaking ocean heat
No storm in recorded history has reached Category 4 this fast, this early.
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![Chevron sign]()
![Chevron sign]()
The Supreme Court overturns Chevron doctrine, gutting federal environmental protections
Scrapping the legal precedent could send a "convulsive shock" to decades of federal environmental, financial, and healthcare regulations.
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![President-elect of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum stands at a podium during a press conference at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on June 10, 2024.]()
![President-elect of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum stands at a podium during a press conference at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on June 10, 2024.]()
Can Claudia Sheinbaum solve Mexico’s water crisis?
The country’s incoming president made water her “main concern” when she was mayor of Mexico City.
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![The cover of The Great River, a new book by journalist Boyce Upholt about the Mississippi River, and a photograph of the author.]()
![The cover of The Great River, a new book by journalist Boyce Upholt about the Mississippi River, and a photograph of the author.]()
Downstream effects: The cautionary tale of the Mississippi River
A new book tells the modern history of the "Big Muddy" as a tragedy wrought by colonial hubris.
