Kate Yoder
About Kate Yoder
Kate is a writer for Grist
When the climate movement still talked about polar bears
Global warming has moved from the North Pole to your backyard — and so did its symbols.
The next five years may be the hottest yet
El Niño could push global temperatures past the 1.5 C tipping point, the World Meteorological Organization warns.
Even a small increase in pollution raises risk for dementia
A new analysis is the most comprehensive look yet at the link between the neurological condition and exposure to PM2.5 — fine particles that are 2.5 microns wide or less released by wildfires, traffic, power plants, and other sources.
How carbon emissions got rebranded as ‘pollution’
California activists paved the way for defining climate change as an air pollution problem. Now it's federal law.
Don’t think of it as summer. Think of it as the ‘danger season’
Hurricanes, heat waves, fires, smoke, drought: Is it time to stop sugar-coating summer?
How the oil industry cast climate policy as an economic burden
In the past, the price of failing to address climate change seemed theoretical, decades down the line. Today, we’ve already begun paying for it.
Greenwashing for Big Oil? There’s an awards show for that
Winning awards is usually considered a good thing. There are, however, various tongue-in-cheek honours that are more about mocking their recipients than celebrating their work.
What counts as a heat wave? It's a matter of life and death
Blistering temperatures are redefining what's considered "really hot."
Want Republicans to care about climate change? You've got to speak their language
A threat to "freedom"? How a new study changed minds in the real world.
During wildfires and hurricanes, a language gap can be deadly
The importance of translating emergency warnings is often a lesson learned too late.