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Kate Yoder

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Kate is a writer for Grist

22 Articles

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.
Race to a Safer World
News | October 11th 2022

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?
Race to a Safer World
News | June 15th 2022

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.
Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Energy | April 13th 2022

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.
Race to a Safer World
News | March 15th 2022

What counts as a heat wave? It's a matter of life and death

Blistering temperatures are redefining what's considered "really hot."
Race to a Safer World
News | July 20th 2021

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.
Race to a Safer World
News, US News, Politics | June 25th 2021

During wildfires and hurricanes, a language gap can be deadly

The importance of translating emergency warnings is often a lesson learned too late.
News | June 21st 2021

Do we need more scary climate change articles? Maybe

“You can’t just sit around waiting for hope to come,” Greta Thunberg told European leaders in 2019. “Then you are acting like spoiled, irresponsible children. You don’t seem to understand that hope is something that you have to earn.”
Race to a Safer World
News | February 22nd 2021

The phrase 'natural disaster' is going up in smoke

You expect to see the phrase natural disaster all over the news when hurricanes, earthquakes, volcanic explosions, floods, or fires cause a lot of deaths and property damage. This fire season, however, politicians and other people are beginning to ditch natural disaster for phrases that are more specific — and more accurate.
News, US News, Politics | September 18th 2020

Footprint Fantasy

Is it time to forget about your carbon footprint?
News | September 4th 2020
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