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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![A still from the 2024 film 'Twisters' shows Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones standing in front of a gas station.]()
![A still from the 2024 film 'Twisters' shows Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones standing in front of a gas station.]()
‘Twisters’ is a climate movie, but not a very good one
The summer blockbuster raises big questions about climate adaptation. It just doesn’t have good answers.
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![Jack Reyna and his son work to drain floodwater in their neighborhood of Houston, Texas, after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on July 8, 2024.]()
![Jack Reyna and his son work to drain floodwater in their neighborhood of Houston, Texas, after Hurricane Beryl swept through the area on July 8, 2024.]()
FEMA will now consider climate change when it rebuilds after floods
The federal agency is overhauling its disaster rules in a bid to end a cycle of rebuilding in unsafe areas.
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![Calvin Adkins, a former resident of Princeville, stands in front of the town's museum in 2022.]()
![Calvin Adkins, a former resident of Princeville, stands in front of the town's museum in 2022.]()
Climate change has forced America’s oldest Black town to higher ground
Princeville, North Carolina, is relocating with help from a new federal grant. But much of its history has already been lost.
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![The dry Rio Grande riverbed is seen from the air near Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2022.]()
![The dry Rio Grande riverbed is seen from the air near Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2022.]()
Albuquerque made itself drought-proof. Then its dam started leaking.
Cities across the West rely on fragile water sources — and aging infrastructure.
