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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![Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives for a meeting at the White House in March. Mullin pledged to eliminate his predecessor Kristi Noem's freeze on FEMA disaster spending.]()
![Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin arrives for a meeting at the White House in March. Mullin pledged to eliminate his predecessor Kristi Noem's freeze on FEMA disaster spending.]()
Trump wants to shutter FEMA. Will Markwayne Mullin get it done?
The new Homeland Security chief has pledged to move on from the Kristi Noem era. But as hurricane season looms, the disaster agency is still in disarray.
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![Workers and officials gather at the State Pier in New London on August 25, 2025 to discuss the Trump administration's order to halt construction on Revolution Wind, an offshore wind project that has been in constructions since 2023 and is already 80% completed.]()
![Workers and officials gather at the State Pier in New London on August 25, 2025 to discuss the Trump administration's order to halt construction on Revolution Wind, an offshore wind project that has been in constructions since 2023 and is already 80% completed.]()
There’s hope for the offshore wind industry — yes, really
Trump’s court losses give the beleaguered industry a chance to get back on stable footing.
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![The Coolidge natural gas plant, which is owned by the Salt River Project. Candidates for the utility board have debated whether to meet demand from data centers with fossil fuels or clean energy.]()
![The Coolidge natural gas plant, which is owned by the Salt River Project. Candidates for the utility board have debated whether to meet demand from data centers with fossil fuels or clean energy.]()
One acre, one vote: The bizarre election that could decide Arizona’s energy future
A group of climate-focused candidates is hoping to steer the Salt River Project toward clean energy. Turning Point USA stands in their way.
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![An oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico seen from the shoreline at Fort Morgan, Alabama.]()
![An oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico seen from the shoreline at Fort Morgan, Alabama.]()
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ blocks endangered species protections in the Gulf of Mexico
Citing the Iran war, the administration let oil companies take actions that are likely to threaten an endangered whale.
