@_icalderon

data journalist covering climate and more for @USATODAY | former @coloradoan @imidwest | either running or complaining about my knee

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Joined March 2019
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Arizona lawmakers proposed a bill that would become the most restrictive law limiting wind power development in the US. @beecycles and I mapped this and found that if the bill passes, 90% of Arizona's land would be off-limits to wind projects. usatoday.com/story/news/loca…
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This one's special to me. I followed scientists studying a bird that nests in Colorado and then migrates to the Amazon rainforest. Black swifts do this annual trip flying for 6-8 months nonstop, visiting my home country and coming back to my current home. coloradoan.com/story/news/20…
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One of the perks of being a journalist: I got to take a helicopter ride to see how pilots train for wildfires in Colorado. coloradoan.com/story/news/20…
Erin Doyle, a wildfire operations specialist for the City of Boulder Fire Rescue, with the yellow shirt, talks to the crew flying a Lakota helicopter before the training exercise on April 21, 2024, in Longmont, Colo.

ALT Erin Doyle, a wildfire operations specialist for the City of Boulder Fire Rescue, with the yellow shirt, talks to the crew flying a Lakota helicopter before the training exercise on April 21, 2024, in Longmont, Colo.

Two UH-72 Lakota helicopters, one of them pictured here on April 21, 2024, and two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were used during the interagency wildfire training.

ALT Two UH-72 Lakota helicopters, one of them pictured here on April 21, 2024, and two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters were used during the interagency wildfire training.

UH-72 Lakota helicopter pilots from the National Guard get ready to take off from Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, Colo., on April 21, 2024.

ALT UH-72 Lakota helicopter pilots from the National Guard get ready to take off from Vance Brand Airport in Longmont, Colo., on April 21, 2024.

Erin Doyle estimated between the two Black Hawks, they performed around 60 drops on April 21, 2024, carrying approximately 64,000 gallons of water from Ralph Price Reservoir, Longmont's main drinking water supply.

ALT Erin Doyle estimated between the two Black Hawks, they performed around 60 drops on April 21, 2024, carrying approximately 64,000 gallons of water from Ralph Price Reservoir, Longmont's main drinking water supply.

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We compiled reports on hundreds of water transfers from recent years to create our dataset. Here's my analysis for @coloradoan showing how water ownership in northeast CO is going from farms to municipalities and water districts: coloradoan.com/story/news/20…
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About two years ago, I got my first byline on the front page of @USATODAY for a water quality story. Never thought this would happen, but now, I got my first byline... for a peer-reviewed scientific article on the same topic! doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad… via @IOPenvironment
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Here’s last night’s story about working conditions on farms. And, just for the record, John Oliver and Jamie Oliver are two different people. We’re talking about food this week, so just wanted to make it clear. youtu.be/41vETgarh_8

Farmworkers: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

John Oliver discusses the conditions farmworkers face, how we’ve fa...

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Ignacio Calderón retweeted
InvestigateMidwest@IMidwest9 Dec 2021
Pleased to see our story on #fertilizer runoff and the poisoning of #waterways by @_icalderon on the front page of @USATODAY! If you miss it there you can read it on our website as well.
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@USATODAY1 Dec 2021
Does weather seem more extreme these days? That’s because it is. A team of USA TODAY reporters analyzed 126 years of federal climate data looking for patterns and reasons why this is happening. bit.ly/31hBOme

Our warming climate is having a dramatic impact on precipitation. What does the data tell us about...

USA TODAY analyzed 126 years of precipitation data to visualize the impact our warming climate has on rainfall and drought across the country.

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Ignacio Calderón retweeted
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@USATODAY1 Dec 2021
Fertilizer runoff, one of the more insidious impacts of climate change, spurs toxic algae growth downstream. bit.ly/32BDIyv
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Ignacio Calderón retweeted
InvestigateMidwest@IMidwest22 Oct 2021
Since 2002, at least 65 #farmworkers have died from heat-related illnesses, according to our analysis of #OSHA data. The median fine? $4,000. More from @_icalderon bit.ly/2ZbtUcJ
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