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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‘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.
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![A FEMA representative surveys a woman about heat and power availability in a New York City neighborhood damaged during Hurricane Sandy.]()
![A FEMA representative surveys a woman about heat and power availability in a New York City neighborhood damaged during Hurricane Sandy.]()
Why FEMA doesn’t respond to heat waves
The federal government doesn't treat extreme heat the way it treats hurricanes and wildfires.
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![Nelson McCourry sees his boat in a pile of detritus in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.]()
![Nelson McCourry sees his boat in a pile of detritus in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.]()
Why Florida’s home insurance crisis isn’t going away
Even if the market recovers from Hurricane Ian, climate change will likely keep prices high.
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![Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during a shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada.]()
![Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during a shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada.]()
‘An absolute crisis’: Millions in US Southwest stare down weeks of brutal heat
More than a third of the country faces some kind of heat advisory going into the weekend.
