Articles by Staff Writer Jake Bittle
Jake Bittle is a staff writer at Grist who covers climate impacts and adaptation. His book about climate migration, "The Great Displacement," is published by Simon & Schuster.
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![The dried-up Colorado River Delta near the Sea of Cortez.]()
![The dried-up Colorado River Delta near the Sea of Cortez.]()
There’s a deal to save the Colorado River — if California doesn’t blow it up
The plan would cut water use on the river by roughly a quarter, drying up farms and subdivisions across the Southwest.
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![Collage: collapsed bridge over San Joaquin River in 1997 and flooded houses in Stockton in 2023; paintbrush strokes across top of image]()
![Collage: collapsed bridge over San Joaquin River in 1997 and flooded houses in Stockton in 2023; paintbrush strokes across top of image]()
California’s next flood could destroy one of its most diverse cities. Will lawmakers try to save it?
Climate change could submerge Stockton beneath 10 feet of water. The city's aging levees aren't prepared.
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![The closed New York Stock Exchange is barricaded with sand bags during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.]()
![The closed New York Stock Exchange is barricaded with sand bags during the arrival of Hurricane Sandy.]()
How vulnerable is Wall Street to climate change? The Fed wants to find out.
The Federal Reserve is putting the country's biggest banks to a test.
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![The Amazon Fort Powhatan Solar Farm in Disputanta, Virginia.]()
![The Amazon Fort Powhatan Solar Farm in Disputanta, Virginia.]()
US emissions rose in 2022. Here’s why that’s not as bad as it sounds.
As renewables overtook coal, economic growth outpaced the rise in carbon emissions.
