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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![Photo of a protest sign reading Earth Against Oligarchy, with protesters holding flag in the background]()
![Photo of a protest sign reading Earth Against Oligarchy, with protesters holding flag in the background]()
What do climate protests actually achieve? More than you think.
The evidence is in: Protests can persuade people, and maybe even change how they vote.
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![Photo of the outside of a flooded elementary school with school buses partially submerged]()
![Photo of the outside of a flooded elementary school with school buses partially submerged]()
What makes middle school even worse? Climate anxiety.
Students have big feelings about climate change. Most teachers don’t know how to help.
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![Photo of the mostly empty BlackRock building on a rainy night with orange light glowing from inside]()
![Photo of the mostly empty BlackRock building on a rainy night with orange light glowing from inside]()
Companies used to tout their climate plans. Under Trump, they’ve gone quiet.
Mentions of environmental concerns on S&P 500 earnings calls have plunged.
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The climate movement is talking about carbon all wrong, a new book argues
Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” the environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life.
