Kate Grumke
Senior Environment and Data ReporterKate reports on the environment, climate and agriculture for St. Louis Public Radio and Harvest Public Media.
She started at STLPR in 2021 as the education reporter, covering late night school board meetings and tagging along on field trips. Before that, Kate spent more than 5 years producing television in Washington, D.C., most recently at the PBS NewsHour. In that work she climbed to the top of a wind turbine in Iowa, helped plan the environmental section of a presidential debate and produced multiple news-documentaries on energy and the environment. She also won a Peabody, a National Murrow Award and was nominated for a National Emmy.
Kate grew up in St. Louis and graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She also holds a certificate in data journalism from Columbia University’s Lede Program.
Have a story tip or idea? Email Kate at kgrumke@stlpr.org.
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St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer said the city was left to respond to the tornado alone because of “turmoil at the national level.” -
A new law will protect people from utility shutoffs for longer periods of time during extreme heat and cold in Missouri. -
Large data centers are coming to Missouri, and they need a lot of power. Right now, there aren’t regulations governing how they will use energy, so Ameren is working to develop new rules. -
After a proposed data center spurred public outrage in recent weeks, the St. Charles City Council held a special session to put in place a moratorium on data center applications. -
The developer has withdrawn an application for a permit for the data center because of public opposition, according to St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer. -
The secretive plans for a new 440-acre data center have attracted strong opposition from St. Charles residents.
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The new book, "Sea of Grass," traces the history and future of the American prairie, laying out the stunning loss of grassland in North America and meeting the people fighting to bring it back. -
The city has asked FEMA to allow the Army Corps of Engineers to do private debris removal in the wake of the tornado. -
Ameren Missouri had paused electricity disconnections in the wake of the tornado, but advocates say they have now resumed. The organizations are calling on Ameren to pause disconnections again and forgive utility debt. -
Summer afternoon temperatures have cooled off in the middle of the country in recent decades. But hotter nights and winters are still driving more overall warmth in the region. -
North St. Louis already had fewer trees — then the tornado deforested the region. A nonprofit is working to replant and to heal trust in trees moving forward. -
The majority of St. Louis’ electricity comes from coal, which emits a lot of climate-warming greenhouse gases. To meet its climate goals, Mastercard is building its own solar field next to its O’Fallon data center.
