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Clayton Aldern

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Clayton Aldern is a writer and data scientist interested in science and society. Based in the Pacific Northwest, he is the author of THE WEIGHT OF NATURE, a nonfiction book about the effects of climate change and environmental degradation on neurochemistry, behavior, decision-making, and mental and emotional health.

His writing has been published by The Guardian, The Atlantic, The Economist, Aeon, Scientific American, Logic, Grist, Sierra Magazine, Geographical, Crosscut, UN Dispatch, and other…

Clayton Aldern’s Journalist Portfolio

How a warming Earth is changing our brains, bodies and minds | Aeon Essays

How a warming Earth is changing our brains, bodies and minds | Aeon Essays

It's not just the planet and not just our health — the impact of a warming climate extends deep into our cort…

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'Everybody has a breaking point': how the climate crisis affects our brains

'Everybody has a breaking point': how the climate crisis affects our brains

Scientists are just starting to discover how extreme heat and weather is linked to neurological conditions su…

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How 14 public universities are profiting in the billions from extractive industries on stolen land

How 14 public universities are profiting in the billions from extractive industries on stolen land

Extractive industries filling public university coffers on stolen land. Here's how 14 land-grant colleges too…

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How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act

How a Koch-owned chemical plant in Texas gamed the Clean Air Act

Oxbow Calcining spent years running from clean air rules. New evidence suggests it bent the law until it brok…

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The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National For...

The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect wild places. What went wrong in the Tongass National For...

The Roadless Rule is supposed to protect wild places. What went wrong in Alaska's Tongass National Forest?

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The Permian Basin is ground zero to billions of dollars in zombie oil wells

The Permian Basin is ground zero to billions of dollars in zombie oil wells

A looming wave of abandoned wells threatens to leave taxpayers in Texas and New Mexico on the hook for almost…

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Why is it so unusually expensive to replace lead pipes in Chicago?

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By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco Verified, Keerti Gopal Verified, Clayton Aldern
| Yahoo Verified
No city dealing with a lot of lead pipes spends as much as Chicago does to replace them. With more than 400,000 lead water service lines, Chicago has the largest known inventory of lead pipes of any city in the country. Officials say replacing each one costs about $31,000 on average — more than six times the Environmental Protection Agency's national estimate of $4,700 a line.
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Why Is It So Expensive to Replace Lead Pipes in Chicago?

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By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco Verified, Keerti Gopal Verified, Clayton Aldern
| Inside Climate News Verified
This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News, Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. No city dealing with a lot of lead pipes spends as much as Chicago does to replace them. With more than 400,000 lead water service lines, Chicago has the largest known inventory of lead pipes of any city in the country.
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American farmers bet on solar. Then Trump changed the rules.

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By Ayurella Horn-Muller Verified, Melina Walling Verified, Clayton Aldern
| Investigate Midwest Verified
This story was originally published by Grist in partnership with the Associated Press. Over the past few years, Kentucky sheep farmer Daniel Bell has been expanding his flock. Eventually, that meant he needed to build a new barn. His land is far from the power lines he’d need to heat it, so he figured rooftop solar would be ideal.
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