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. Follow Kate
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Donald Trump’s secret weapon: Empathy
The first debate was a mess, and emotions are messy things.
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Smoke and COVID-19 drove us inside — but the air in there wants to kill you
The perils of breathing in 2020.
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After Wilfred, hurricanes will start sounding like fraternities. Here’s why.
The history of hurricane naming is its own unnatural disaster.
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The idea of a ‘natural’ disaster is going up in flames
What's so natural about wildfires and hurricanes these days?
