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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![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.
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![An LNG Tanker sailing under the flag of Palau is moored off the coast of Cyprus. The United States has become one of the world's largest LNG exporters over the past decade.]()
![An LNG Tanker sailing under the flag of Palau is moored off the coast of Cyprus. The United States has become one of the world's largest LNG exporters over the past decade.]()
The quick, quiet death of Biden’s natural gas export pause
Climate activists saw the policy as a major win. It fizzled out within six months.
