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Kate Yoder

Kate Yoder is a contributing writer from Grist.org.

Carbon, Earth, Planet (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The climate movement is talking about carbon all wrong, a new book argues

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People attempt to save a neighboring home from catching fire during the Eaton Fire on January 8, 2025 in Altadena, California. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

The “weather whiplash” fueling the Los Angeles fires is becoming more common

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A globe balancing on the edge of a beam (Getty Images/Daniel Grizelj)

Does talking about climate “tipping points” inspire action — or defeat?

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Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris participates in a discussion with former Trump-Pence administration official Olivia Troye (not seen) and Amanda Stratton (not seen) in Portage, Michigan, United States on July 17, 2024. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Kamala Harris is making climate action patriotic. It just might work

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Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The American Climate Corps is now hiring

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a news conference held at the Santorini by Georgios restaurant on March 20, 2024 in Miami Beach, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Florida is about to erase climate change from most of its laws

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A child holds a globe balloon during a demonstration as part of the Fridays for Future movement for climate change in Turin on October 6, 2023. (MARCO BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty Images)

4 in 5 people around the world support “whatever it takes” to limit climate change

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Plastic bottle being put in recycling bin (Getty Images/Anchiy)

Do you have “recycling bias?”

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Caution tape describing lead-based paint hazard. (DarrenTownsend via Getty Images) (DarrenTownsend via Getty Images)

The EPA’s plan to eliminate lead in buildings is a ‘gigantic leap forward’ for public health

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Gas pump in gas station (Getty Images/MR.WUTTISAK PROMCHOO)

Gas stations caused a $20 billion toxic mess — and it’s not going away

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A construction crew works on a section of privately built border wall funded by hardline immigration group We Build The Wall on December 11, 2019 near Mission, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)

What happens when you read an article about climate migration?

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Gas pump in gas station (Getty Images/MR.WUTTISAK PROMCHOO)

Gasoline use isn’t falling fast enough. Targeting ‘superusers’ could help

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Semi Truck on I-5 (Getty Images)

Electrify everything, California says — including trucks and trains

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A contractor walks through Clippinger Chevrolet in West Covina Saturday morning August 23, 2003 where vandals torched and vandalized sport utility vehicles early Friday morning. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)

Radical eco-activists have made it into mainstream fiction. Is reality next?

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Exhaust air rises from the chimneys of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant into the sky. (Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Biden administration urges Supreme Court to leave climate lawsuits to states

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A field of half-dried sunflowers in a field during a heat wave, September 12 2022, Búger, Spain (Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images)

A looming El Niño could give us a preview of life at 1.5C of warming

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The Space Needle and downtown Seattle (Getty Images/Adam Schmid)

How Washington raised $300 million for climate action from polluters

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Oil refinery, owned by Exxon Mobil (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why are BP, Shell, and Exxon suddenly backing off their climate promises?

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U.S. Supreme Court Building (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

How the Supreme Court could finally force Big Oil to face trial

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Water flows out of the Miami River to flood a walkway as Hurricane Irma passes through on September 10, 2017 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

“The Deluge” is a climate nightmare — and it’s based on reality

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Exhaust air rises from the chimneys of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant into the sky. (Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images)

Utilities use customer dollars to pay for their lobbying. Here’s how lawmakers can stop it

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Frost Fair on the Thames at London, 1683. Winters in Britain were often particularly cold in the 17th and 18th centuries, a period known as the 'Little Ice Age'. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

What 5,000-year-old skeletons tell us about living with climate change

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Climate activists protest on the first day of the Exxon Mobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on October 22, 2019 in New York City. - Charges that Exxon Mobil misled investors on the financial risks of climate change will be heard in court after a New York judge gave the green light for a trial. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images)

Exxon’s models predicting climate change were spot on — 40 years ago

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The Space Needle and downtown Seattle (Getty Images/Adam Schmid)

Washington state just started capping carbon emissions. Here’s how it works

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