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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![Collage of John Podesta with photos of wind turbines and President Joe Biden signing The Inflation Reduction Act]()
![Collage of John Podesta with photos of wind turbines and President Joe Biden signing The Inflation Reduction Act]()
Why John Podesta thinks the Inflation Reduction Act is the next Obamacare
The Biden official spoke to Grist about coming out of retirement to sell Democrats' landmark climate law.
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![A voluntarily fallowed field stands next to an active wheat field at the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation along the Colorado River near the California-Arizona border.]()
![A voluntarily fallowed field stands next to an active wheat field at the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation along the Colorado River near the California-Arizona border.]()
Feds ease up on Colorado River restrictions — for now
This year’s wet winter helped save the river from collapse. But a reckoning is on the horizon.
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![People using umbrellas and parasols to seek relief from the heat while crossing a street in Tokyo.]()
![People using umbrellas and parasols to seek relief from the heat while crossing a street in Tokyo.]()
Extreme heat is here. Can insurance help protect us?
Heat insurance products are popping up around the world to protect outdoor workers and heat stroke victims.
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‘Death stars on sinking land’: How liquefied natural gas took over the Gulf Coast
The U.S. is now the world's top exporter of LNG. Towns in southern Louisiana are paying the price.
