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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![Illustration: The Giving Tree with initials carved in it]()
‘The Giving Tree’: How a children’s book became a parable for the climate crisis
And the Earth was happy. But not really.
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The ‘Twilight’ romance no one talks about
Bella fell for Forks and its forests. That fantasy transformed the town's reality.
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Good news: The media is getting the facts right on climate change
"Both sides" of what "debate"?
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The UN report is scaring people. But what if fear isn’t enough?
"If you’re trying to get people to act on climate change, then fear is not going to do it."
