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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How air pollution delayed a surge in extreme rain
Aerosol pollutants have masked the effects of global warming. Without them, the U.S. is about to get a lot wetter.
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![Construction on the Golden Pass LNG export terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas, in June 2023.]()
![Construction on the Golden Pass LNG export terminal in Sabine Pass, Texas, in June 2023.]()
The unlikely coalition behind Biden’s liquefied natural gas pivot
Climate activists led the charge against LNG exports, but they’re not the only ones celebrating Biden’s pause.
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Category 6-level hurricanes are already here, a new study says
But what would change if we added a number to the hurricane scale?
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![John Podesta, senior ddvisor to President Joe Biden, departs from a House Democrat caucus meeting at the Capitol in May 202.]()
![John Podesta, senior ddvisor to President Joe Biden, departs from a House Democrat caucus meeting at the Capitol in May 202.]()
John Podesta is a DC veteran. Can he make climate deals on the world stage?
Podesta takes over for John Kerry at a critical moment for global climate diplomacy.
