Articles by Senior Staff Writer Kate Yoder
Kate Yoder is a senior staff writer covering climate change through the lens of language, culture, and history. Her work has received a FOLIO: Eddie & Ozzie Award and a SEAL Environmental Journalism Award for bringing fresh perspective and social relevance to environmental issues. She has been at Grist since 2015 and is based in Seattle.
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![1990s-era photo of car at an Exxon gas station.]()
![1990s-era photo of car at an Exxon gas station.]()
Exxon’s models predicting climate change were spot on — 40 years ago
A new study finds that Exxon’s projections were as good as any academic's.
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![Photo of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle seen through industrial smokestacks.]()
![Photo of the Space Needle and downtown Seattle seen through industrial smokestacks.]()
Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works.
The new system follows in California’s footsteps — except when it doesn’t.
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![Collage of various climate protests]()
Climate activists’ new, confrontational tactics aren’t popular. That’s kind of the point.
You're not supposed to like it when protesters throw soup on a van Gogh.
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Heatflation, overshoot, soup throwers: Grist’s picks for words of the year
10 terms and phrases that defined our sweltering climate in 2022.
