Articles by Reporter Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey is a Grist reporter covering the intersection of climate change, policy, politics, and culture. She previously covered climate news for Grist and the New York Times during year-long reporting fellowships. In 2026, her writing for Grist won a National Edward R. Murrow award. Her work has also appeared in The Nation and The Japan Times, and she has made guest appearances on the PBS NewsHour, Radiolab, and The Weather Channel.
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In the American West, wildfire comes for the suburbs
Despite decades of warnings, neighborhoods in Reno and Spokane have sprawled ever closer to a hotter, drier wilderness.
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In a drier world, some infectious diseases are unexpectedly thriving
Researchers are beginning to untangle how the “drought-disease paradox” works.
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The EPA’s data on cancer risk from air pollution has gone dark
For decades, communities have relied on the agency's cancer risk estimates to hold polluters accountable. This year, it's missing.
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Wildfire season is changing. Spokane is showing how.
As climate change primes the Pacific Northwest to burn, hundreds in Washington state's second-biggest city have lost their homes.
