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, and a forthcoming book about the evolution of Kern County, California.
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![A couple in full protective gear sits near a burned home]()
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How the Eaton Fire destroyed a delicate truce over Altadena’s future
A plan to build badly needed housing — and prevent future fires — may soon go up in smoke.
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![EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaking at a podium with a background of gold bars]()
![EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin speaking at a podium with a background of gold bars]()
Republicans once embraced ‘green banks.’ Trump is trying to raid them.
EPA chief Lee Zeldin has launched an attack on the agency’s $20 billion clean energy loan program.
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Trump is freezing climate funds. Can he do that?
Courts have ordered the president to release Biden-era climate money — but he’s holding out.
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![People protest outside of the headquarters for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), before Congressional Democrats hold news conference in Washington, DC, on February 3.]()
![People protest outside of the headquarters for United States Agency for International Development (USAID), before Congressional Democrats hold news conference in Washington, DC, on February 3.]()
How Trump’s USAID shutdown threatens the world’s climate goals
The agency was a key player in renewable energy and disaster protection around the world — until Elon Musk showed up.
