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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![United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres speaks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2026.]()
![United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres speaks at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2026.]()
UN passes first declaration on sea level rise, protecting island nations’ sovereignty
The world, including the U.S., agreed that rising seas will not change national borders even as small islands disappear.
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![Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2026.]()
![Environmental Protection Agency chief Lee Zeldin testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2026.]()
Trump topples the last pillar of Biden’s climate agenda
With the repeal of a rule that limited carbon emissions from power plants, the president is further delaying the phaseout of coal.
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![Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez gives a speech next to Energy Secretary Chris Wright during the signing of an oil agreement at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas.]()
![Venezuela's interim President Delcy Rodriguez gives a speech next to Energy Secretary Chris Wright during the signing of an oil agreement at the Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas.]()
With the midterms looming, Trump has no real way out of his gas price problem
The president is facing a shortage of refining capacity, and more Venezuelan oil isn't going to help.
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![New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani makes an announcement at a food distribution center in Brooklyn]()
![New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani makes an announcement at a food distribution center in Brooklyn]()
Manhattan’s flood walls are almost done. What will Mamdani do next?
The new mayor wants to invest in coastal resilience, but he will have to decide which areas of the city to protect.
