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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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How to prepare kids for the climate crisis? Cara Hoffman’s books might help.

In her fantastical frog story, a marsh full of creatures fights industrial waste.

Kate Yoder Culture
Greentrolling: A ‘maniacal plan’ to bring down Big Oil

Corporate B.S. meets its match.

Kate Yoder Science
Did Trump scare Americans into caring about climate change?

The person sitting in the Oval Office can make a big difference in what Americans think.

Kate Yoder Politics
Do Biden and Trump voters even speak the same language?

On climate change and every other polarized issue, words have failed us.

Kate Yoder Science