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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![blue pipes with red turner valves stretch across the ground and into the sunset]()
![blue pipes with red turner valves stretch across the ground and into the sunset]()
Pipe dreams: Why far-fetched Western water projects won’t go away
There are at least half a dozen major Western water pipeline projects under consideration, ranging from ambitious to outlandish.
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The Inflation Reduction Act promises thousands of new oil leases. Drillers might not want them.
The bigger question about Joe Manchin’s fossil fuel provisions is if they’ll succeed on the senator’s own terms.
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Louisiana’s insurance market is collapsing, just in time for hurricane season
At least seven companies have failed in the nine months since Hurricane Ida, sending homeowners into a panic.
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Historic floods hammer Yellowstone, shuttering park and stranding residents
A combination of heavy rain and rapid snowmelt has pushed rivers in the region to their highest recorded levels.
