Jake Bittle
LATEST ARTICLES BY Jake Bittle
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Environment
In his final weeks, Biden aims to cut off funding for fossil fuel projects abroad
December 12, 2024Trump would have a hard time undoing a potential international agreement to end most export credits for fossil fuel infrastructure.
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‘We may have less to offer’: U.S. negotiators confront diminished standing at COP29
November 20, 2024The Biden administration tried to project confidence in the early days of the U.N. climate conference, but all signs point to a reduced U.S. role.
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The Supreme Court overturns Chevron doctrine, gutting federal environmental protections
July 6, 2024Scrapping the legal precedent could send a "convulsive shock" to decades of federal environmental, financial, and healthcare regulations.
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Environment
States and tribes rush to reach Colorado River deals before election
March 12, 2024Landmark agreements would cut big states’ water usage for decades and deliver water to the Navajo Nation.
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Environment
Absolute crisis as millions in U.S. Southwest stare down weeks of brutal heat
July 17, 2023More than a third of the country faces some kind of heat advisory going into the weekend.
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As Louisiana’s coast erodes, its historic communities are disappearing too
February 24, 2023New levees are too late to stop the exodus for bayou villages like Pointe-aux-Chenes.
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How a megadrought is leaving one Arizona neighborhood with no water
March 10, 2022Thanks to Colorado River cuts, hundreds of residents on the outskirts of Phoenix are “the canary in the coal mine.”
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