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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Reimagining a power plant
This week, we’re exploring a New England project that’s breathing new life into the site of a former coal plant.
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![Smoke billows out of the stacks at a coal plant against a cloudy blue sky]()
![Smoke billows out of the stacks at a coal plant against a cloudy blue sky]()
It’s official: Data centers are slowing America’s shift away from coal
New federal data shows that AI demand helped push U.S. power sector emissions up last year.
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Why the Iran war hasn’t caused a global oil crisis — yet
The world has found ways to adapt without crude from the Strait of Hormuz. Experts say that won’t last.
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![President Donald Trump signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law at the White House on July 4, 2025. The bill repealed major portions of the climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act.]()
![President Donald Trump signs the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law at the White House on July 4, 2025. The bill repealed major portions of the climate-focused Inflation Reduction Act.]()
Biden’s climate law is dead. The energy transition might not be.
A year after Trump repealed the Inflation Reduction Act, the outlook for climate action is dark. But there are silver linings.
