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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![Hurricane Dorian hits Cape Hatteras in North Carolina]()
![Hurricane Dorian hits Cape Hatteras in North Carolina]()
US flood risk is about to explode — but not for the reasons you think
A new study projects that the number of Americans exposed to flooding will double in 30 years. Development is largely to blame.
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![Flooded homes in Florida]()
![Flooded homes in Florida]()
FEMA’s new flood insurance plan is drawing the battle lines over climate adaptation
“The new system confirms what we knew about the National Flood Insurance Program — which was that it’s a deeply unfair system."
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![Flooded area outside of Shell Norco Facility]()
![Flooded area outside of Shell Norco Facility]()
Ida’s aftermath shows the risks of petrochemical production in a hurricane zone
A Shell refinery in the heart of “Cancer Alley” has been polluting excessively since the storm passed.
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![Smoke from a wildfire rising above a field of grape vines]()
![Smoke from a wildfire rising above a field of grape vines]()
As wildfires worsen, more California farms are deemed too risky to insure
The skyrocketing cost of fire insurance foreshadows a larger confrontation over so-called managed retreat.
