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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![Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles refinery is one of the last operating refineries in California. Fuel prices in the state have surged amid the Iran conflict.]()
![Marathon Petroleum's Los Angeles refinery is one of the last operating refineries in California. Fuel prices in the state have surged amid the Iran conflict.]()
California’s fossil fuel phaseout has left it vulnerable to the Iran oil shock
The Trump administration and major refiners are using the war to justify restarting oil production and weakening climate rules.
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![Two men in business suits stand in front of a white background. They are holding papers.]()
![Two men in business suits stand in front of a white background. They are holding papers.]()
Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is even stranger than it sounds
The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making.
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![Collage of hundred dollar bills, Chris Wright, and nuclear cooling tower]()
![Collage of hundred dollar bills, Chris Wright, and nuclear cooling tower]()
This $400B Biden climate program is surviving the Trump administration
Trump’s energy secretary says he’s canceled billions of dollars in clean energy loans. The Biden official who made those loans says the number is “fake.”
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![A home is severely damaged after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on July 08, 2024 in Freeport, Texas. Tropical Storm Beryl developed into a Category 1 hurricane as it hit the Texas coast late last night. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)]()
![A home is severely damaged after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on July 08, 2024 in Freeport, Texas. Tropical Storm Beryl developed into a Category 1 hurricane as it hit the Texas coast late last night. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)]()
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