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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![The wreckage of a burned home in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, which destroyed more than 7,000 structures in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California.]()
![The wreckage of a burned home in the aftermath of the Eaton Fire, which destroyed more than 7,000 structures in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California.]()
Altadena has avoided California’s fire insurance hell. That won’t last.
As they rebuild, residents of the middle-class enclave could face steep price hikes.
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![A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025]()
![A home is engulfed in flames during the Eaton fire in the Altadena area of Los Angeles, California on January 8, 2025]()
California overhauled its insurance system. Then Los Angeles caught fire.
The fires could cause more than $20 billion in damages, further straining the state’s fragile insurance market.
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![Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign rally in Hialeah, Florida. He has won the disaster-prone state three times.]()
![Donald Trump stands on stage during a campaign rally in Hialeah, Florida. He has won the disaster-prone state three times.]()
As Trump mulls his FEMA pick, a political land mine awaits in Florida
The agency is hiking insurance rates and punishing flood-prone construction in the president-elect’s favorite state.
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Biden just set a big new climate goal. Can the US achieve it?
With Trump set to take office, cutting emissions 66 percent by 2035 will require rapid action from states, cities, and the private sector.
