Articles by Senior Data Reporter Clayton Aldern
Clayton Aldern is a data reporter and data visualization developer. He has contributed to reporting teams that have won various awards, including a national Edward R. Murrow Award, multiple Online Journalism Awards, multiple Sigma Awards, and the Breaking Barriers Award from the Institute for Nonprofit News. He is the author of The Weight of Nature: How a Changing Climate Changes Our Brains.
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What we’re getting wrong in the carbon tax debate
When it comes to fighting climate change, politics will always trump policy.
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U.S. coal use is down in nearly every state
Since 2007, power-sector coal consumption has dipped everywhere except states ending with "-aska"
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Two senators want the U.S. to start selling war bonds — to fight climate change
The climate crisis could require WWII-scale mobilization. Is this what that looks like?
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Why China (really) is losing its appetite for coal
It's not just the economy, stupid.
