Jake Bittle
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New York, United States
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As Louisiana’s coast erodes, its historic communities are disappearing too
It was March 2021, and Sheri Neil was throwing together po’boys for the lunch crowd at her namesake Sheri’s Snack Shack, the only restaurant in the small bayou village of Pointe-aux-Chenes, Louisiana. → Read More
As Louisiana's coast disappears, its historic communities are disappearing too
New levees are too late to stop the exodus for bayou villages like Pointe-aux-Chenes. → Read More
Report: World's fossil fuel subsidies surged to $1 trillion after Ukraine invasion
European Union countries spent big on fossil fuel subsidies to fight rising costs. → Read More
Every Coastal Home Is Now a Stick of Dynamite
Wealthy homeowners will escape flooding. The middle class can’t. → Read More
There’s a deal to save the Colorado River — if California doesn’t blow it up
The plan would cut water use on the Colorado River by roughly a quarter, drying up farms and subdivisions across the Southwest. → Read More
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. → Read More
How vulnerable is Wall Street to climate change? The Fed wants to find out.
Financial regulators are asking whether big banks can survive disasters and decarbonization. → Read More
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. → Read More
Will California's 'atmospheric river' storms end the drought?
Heavy rains may refill reservoirs, but they won't solve the state's broader water crisis. → Read More
Why Republicans are coughing up billions of dollars to save Florida’s insurance market
The state's insurance companies are struggling to survive an onslaught of hurricanes and litigation. → Read More
Water thieves abound in dry California. Why are they so hard to catch?
A short-staffed state agency struggles to catch rogue water users. → Read More
9 in 10 US counties have experienced a climate disaster in the last decade, report finds
Climate change is here and “all taxpayers are paying for it.” → Read More
What the midterm elections mean for the climate
As Congress teeters, hope for further climate action shifts to the White House and states. → Read More
Oregon tried to inform residents about wildfire risk. The backlash was explosive.
Homeowners fear the state will devalue their properties by publicizing their fire risk. → Read More
Feds to Colorado River states: reduce water usage, or we will do it for you
The Interior Department outlined a path for unilateral cuts last week, upping the pressure on western states. → Read More
A decade after Sandy, Manhattan’s flood barrier is finally in sight — sort of
The “Big U” shows how climate adaptation can succeed. It also shows how hard it is. → Read More
How sunken basketball courts could protect New Yorkers from the next Superstorm Sandy
The city wants to use its public housing developments to soak up extreme rain. → Read More
The Cochise County Groundwater Wars
A thirsty megafarm is driving a libertarian enclave in rural Arizona to a radical solution: government regulation of its groundwater. → Read More
UN countries adopt ‘aspirational’ net-zero goal for aviation
A new framework will require countries to buy carbon offsets if their air travel emissions keep growing. → Read More
Hurricane Ian was a powerful storm. Real estate developers made it a catastrophe.
'Dredge-and-fill' created thousands of homes vulnerable to storm surge. → Read More