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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China’s new 5-year plan is out, and it doesn’t sacrifice the environment for the economy
The plan calls for a cap on energy consumption while maintaining economic growth.
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Huzzah! The economy keeps growing while energy emissions stay flat
It's more evidence that there doesn't have to be a tradeoff between the economy and the environment.
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Florida voters care about climate change. Too bad the Republican presidential candidates don’t
More than 80 percent of Floridians accept climate science — including many GOP voters — but that isn't swaying Trump, Rubio, et al.
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Marco Rubio keeps digging himself a deeper hole on climate change
Hint: It's not just because he denies the science.
