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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Your guide to a disaster-prone election year
Hello and welcome to week three of State of Emergency, a limited-run newsletter about how disasters are reshaping our politics. I’m Jake Bittle. Hurricane Michael tore across the Florida Panhandle as a Category 5 storm less than four weeks before the pivotal 2018 midterm elections, killing dozens of people and destroying more than 1,000 structures. […]
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Your guide to voting after a disaster
How to cast your ballot, in person or by mail, if extreme weather disrupts your life.
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Extreme weather 101: Your guide to staying prepared and informed
How to pack a go-bag, get emergency alerts, and find disaster aid.
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The state rep who sparked Colorado’s fire recovery
Hello, and welcome back to State of Emergency, a limited-run newsletter about how disasters are reshaping our politics. I’m Jake Bittle, a reporter for Grist, and I’ll be writing this newsletter along with my colleague, Zoya Teirstein. It’s almost a truism that disasters offer an opportunity for positive change. That’s the idea behind President Joe […]
