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Data visualizations
Bill would block wind energy projects across 90% of Arizona, set strictest limits in U.S.
Publication: USA TODAY
Brief: Arizona lawmakers proposed a bill that would require new wind energy projects to be built at least 12 miles from any property zoned for residential use. Much of what’s left would be on Native American and National Park Service land, including the Grand Canyon.
What I used: R coding (GitHub), QGIS, Affinity Designer, Infogram
These power plants are Colorado's biggest greenhouse gas emitters. Here's where they stand
Publication: The Coloradoan
Brief: Over the past decade, the 10 largest emitters in Colorado contributed to an outsized share of greenhouse gasses — and every single one is a fossil fuel power plant. While the parent companies that own them are driving the state's reductions, it might still not be enough for the state to reach its climate goals.
What I used: R coding (GitHub), Flourish
How Proposition 50 can change California elections and shift Trump's strategy
Publication: USA TODAY
Brief: I applied voting data from the 2024 presidential elections to the newly-drawn districts in California to simulate the impact these changes could bring. We found Democrats could flip six seats from the GOP, but margins for some potential victories are slim. These are graphics recreated from the ones I worked with Ramon Padilla.
What I used: R coding (GitHub), Affinity
Colorado's 20 largest wildfires happened this century. Here's how things are changing
Publication: The Coloradoan
Brief: In Colorado, the top 20 largest wildfires happened this century, and four of the five largest wildfires happened since 2018. A combination of increasing temperatures fueled by climate change, historic over-suppression of fires, and more people moving into fire-prone areas are making this risk harder to manage.
What I used: R coding, Affinity Designer
Chicago’s one-star nursing homes were troubled before the pandemic. Now, they’re ‘ground zero’
Publication: The Columbia Chronicle
Brief: In a first-of-its-kind analysis, we scraped data from several sources to examine how nursing home residents were being impacted at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. We found that not only was there a disproportionate number of cases and deaths in these facilities, but the ratio of COVID-19 deaths per facility was the highest at at low star facilities (oftentimes found on disadvantaged neighborhoods) on the federal ranking.
What I used: web scraping, Google Sheets, Flourish
From farms to cities: Analysis shows Colorado-Big Thompson water right ownership changes
Publication: The Coloradoan
Brief: We compiled our own dataset on water transfers in northeast Colorado using public records to quantify a trend: We found that since June 2019, around 95% of water shares that were transferred went from farms (class D contracts) to municipalities (class B) and water districts (class C).
What I used: R coding (GitHub), Google Sheets, Flourish, Infogram
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