Articles by Senior Staff Writer Kate Yoder
Kate Yoder is a senior staff writer covering climate change through the lens of language, culture, and history. Her work has received a FOLIO: Eddie & Ozzie Award and a SEAL Environmental Journalism Award for bringing fresh perspective and social relevance to environmental issues. She has been at Grist since 2015 and is based in Seattle.
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![A 1950s-era woman pointing an electric fan on her sweating armpits]()
![A 1950s-era woman pointing an electric fan on her sweating armpits]()
Why we need to sweat
This week's Record High newsletter looks at the science of sweating: It may be the pits, it’s the body's best defense against extreme heat.
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![illustration of person with hair in bun from behind, wiping large sweat droplets off the back of their neck]()
![illustration of person with hair in bun from behind, wiping large sweat droplets off the back of their neck]()
Will sweat help us survive climate change?
It's gross. It's sticky. And it's already saved your life.
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![Photo of a group gathering in front of a backdrop of industrial smokestacks and wind turbines]()
![Photo of a group gathering in front of a backdrop of industrial smokestacks and wind turbines]()
The true cost of climate pollution? 44% of corporate profits.
Yet governments are still pouring $7 trillion into subsidies for fossil fuels.
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![Photo of people putting recycling into dumpsters. A sign says bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard are accepted]()
![Photo of people putting recycling into dumpsters. A sign says bottles, cans, paper, and cardboard are accepted]()
Do you have ‘recycling bias’?
Decades of messaging urging us to recycle crowded out other options — like consuming less in the first place.
