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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![Collage: A woman and man sitting on top of a speech bubble shape with a wildfire in the background]()
![Collage: A woman and man sitting on top of a speech bubble shape with a wildfire in the background]()
During wildfires and hurricanes, a language gap can be deadly
The importance of translating emergency warnings is often a lesson learned too late.
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![Collage: an oil pumpjack with a rainbow flag mounted on top of it symbolizing]()
![Collage: an oil pumpjack with a rainbow flag mounted on top of it symbolizing]()
Big Oil is awash in rainbows for Pride Month
Forget "greenwashing." Oil companies are going all Roy G. Biv.
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![A photo of bread, onions, and zucchini on a wooden table (left) and a large brown paper bag with three blue circles and the words]()
![A photo of bread, onions, and zucchini on a wooden table (left) and a large brown paper bag with three blue circles and the words]()
Food waste is heating up the planet. Is dumpster-diving by app a solution?
38 million people are buying "mystery bags" to curb climate change.
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![Illustration of a gas pump dripping speech bubbles]()
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ExxonMobil found the real reason for the climate crisis: You
How oil companies used language to make us blame ourselves.
