Articles by Jake Bittle
Jake Bittle is a staff writer at Grist who covers climate impacts and adaptation. His book about climate migration is forthcoming from Simon & Schuster.
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![The closed New York Stock Exchange is barricaded with sand bags during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.]()
![The closed New York Stock Exchange is barricaded with sand bags during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.]()
How vulnerable is Wall Street to climate change? The Fed wants to find out.
The Federal Reserve is putting the country's biggest banks to a test.
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![The Amazon Fort Powhatan Solar Farm in Disputanta, Virginia.]()
![The Amazon Fort Powhatan Solar Farm in Disputanta, Virginia.]()
US emissions rose in 2022. Here’s why that’s not as bad as it sounds.
As renewables overtook coal, economic growth outpaced the rise in carbon emissions.
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![Fooding by the Highway 92 West in Half Moon Bay, California.]()
![Fooding by the Highway 92 West in Half Moon Bay, California.]()
Will California’s ‘atmospheric river’ storms end the drought?
Heavy rains may refill reservoirs, but they won't solve the state's broader water crisis.
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![Heavily damaged mobile homes in Fort Myers Beach, Florida a month after Hurricane Ian.]()
![Heavily damaged mobile homes in Fort Myers Beach, Florida a month after Hurricane Ian.]()
Why Republicans are coughing up billions of dollars to save Florida’s insurance market
The state's insurance companies are struggling to survive an onslaught of hurricanes and litigation.
