Articles by Staff Writer Jake Bittle
Jake Bittle is a staff writer at Grist who covers climate impacts and adaptation. His book about climate migration, "The Great Displacement," is published by Simon & Schuster.
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How Congress is routing climate policy through the Army Corps of Engineers
A bipartisan bill is poised to fund massive climate adaptation projects — it just doesn’t call them that.
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As Lake Powell dries up, the US turns to creative accounting for a short-term fix
A new agreement calls for Western states to leave their drinking water in the reservoir — and act as if they didn't.
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FEMA’s new flood insurance system is sinking waterfront homeowners. That might be the point.
Premiums are ballooning in states like Florida and Louisiana — and adaptation measures won't bring costs back down.
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How the US government left Lake Charles in limbo after Hurricanes Laura and Delta
The Louisiana city’s stalled hurricane recovery reveals the limits of federal disaster policy.