Nadja Popovich
@popovichn.bsky.social
Senior editor, data + viz @bloomberg / formerly @nytclimate ✨✨✨✨✨
Two neighbors live less than 2,000 feet apart. One pays up to $500/month for electricity. The other averages $130. One has investor-owned National Grid. The other by a municipal utility. @popovichn.bsky.social and I dug into America’s widening power bill divide: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
One Home’s Power Bill Is $500. A Half-Mile Away, It’s 70% Lower
The stark difference reflects a growing national divide between investor-owned utilities and public power providers
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I dug into EIA data and found a growing divide between electricity prices at investor-owned utilities and public power providers. Then @michellema.bsky.social and I visited two towns that show what that divide means for customers on the ground. Read our story here! www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
One Home’s Power Bill Is $500. A Half-Mile Away, It’s 70% Lower
The stark difference reflects a growing national divide between investor-owned utilities and public power providers
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Dipped my toe back into energy data/graphics land… from @bloomberg.com this weekend: Can the US stop playing "Whack-a-Mole" with Chinese solar? Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
How the US Is Trying to End Solar Tariff Whack-a-Mole
New trade measures aim to catch up with China’s shifting solar supply chain.
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People should actually be very alarmed that while AP's business model is shot to bits, Americans are still very much reliant on the news it delivers. The alternatives in some cases are inferior or non-existent. apnews.com/article/news...
AP says it will offer buyouts as part of pivot away from newspaper-focused history
The Associated Press says it will offer buyouts to an unspecified number of its U.S.-based journalists as part of an acceleration away from the focus on newspapers and their print journalism that sust...
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Gift link! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Borrowers Behind on Student Loans Load Up on Other Types of Debt
Student loan borrowers in delinquency are now more likely to hold credit cards, auto loans and mortgages — and to miss payments on them, new data shows.
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Nadja Popovich@popovichn.bsky.social · 7mo agoNew from @bloomberg.com data team --> Borrowers who are behind on student loans appear to have loaded up on other debt during the federal payment pause, new data shows — and now they're straining under its weight. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
New from @bloomberg.com data team --> Borrowers who are behind on student loans appear to have loaded up on other debt during the federal payment pause, new data shows — and now they're straining under its weight. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Borrowers Behind on Student Loans Load Up on Other Types of Debt
Student loan borrowers in delinquency are now more likely to hold credit cards, auto loans and mortgages — and to miss payments on them, new data shows.
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We looked at where and how the ultra-rich are buying and combining two – sometimes three – adjacent townhomes to convert them into single-family housing (often featuring an elevator and a flashy central staircase.) www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The Rise of the Manhattan Mega-Mansion
In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of New York’s allure to the ultra-rich.
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NYC’s newest billionaire status symbol: a double-wide townhouse. Ultra-wealthy buyers are combining 2–3 historic townhomes into mega-mansions designed to feel like suburban estates — in the middle of the Manhattan. Here's the latest with @sooophie.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
It's a trend that is quietly changing the character of neighborhoods, block by block, as buildings that once housed a dozen or more New Yorkers become single-family dwellings.
In the West Village, one out of every six small multifamily buildings has been turned into a single-family home since 2004. Citywide, more than 9,600 units have been eliminated as part of this trend.
Behind the preserved historical facades, the ultra-rich are buying up adjacent townhomes in the West Village and Upper East Side, combining them into a megamansion. It's part of a broader trend of small multifamily buildings being turned into single-family homes. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The Rise of the Manhattan Mega-Mansion
In the West Village and other historic neighborhoods, buyers are consolidating apartments and combining townhomes, a sign of New York’s allure to the ultra-rich.
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Luxury Apartments Are Bringing Rent Down in Some Big Cities “New building openings are bringing rents down as wealthy tenants trade up, forcing landlords to drop prices for older apartments.” @bloomberg.com
I hope you’ll check this out. We turned an investigative story about the "digital arrests" sweeping the world’s most populous country and turned it into a web comic that captures the psychological horror for victims. The brilliant Anand RK (anandrk.art) did the illustrations. @bloomberg.com 🎁 link:
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.
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Was reading this, fully hooked and immersed into the sheer horror, while constantly thinking 'Wait, why is this so good?! Who did this?' Until I got to the end and saw it was Anand RK, with lettering by @adityab.net and then it just made total sense lmfao. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.
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This is an INCREDIBLE investigative story, told in the form of a graphic novel. Arrested by phone - a true story. A must read www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.
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Haven't been posting much lately but had to come share the latest piece I helped edit + produce @bloomberg.com — worth your time! Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel Illustrations by the amazing Anand RK (anandrk.art) Written by a crack reporting team Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.
bloomberg.com
Haven't been posting much lately but had to come share the latest piece I helped edit + produce @bloomberg.com — worth your time! Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel Illustrations by the amazing Anand RK (anandrk.art) Written by a crack reporting team Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.
bloomberg.com
NJ Transit is much worse than all other commuter rails in the NYC area. @agordon.me and @suryamattu.com collected and analyzed many weeks of transit feeds to quantify how bad (and it includes angry emojis). www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
NJ Transit Is NYC’s Least Reliable Commuter Rail — By a Long Shot
An analysis of real-time train data shows its passengers face major service disruptions at six times the rate of riders on other NYC commuter railways.
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We can also look at global daily absolute temperatures (rather than anomalies), which show just how much global temperatures have shifted over time:
Outstanding data viz of China's auto sales in Asia. Speaking locally: very evident in Singapore how much market share BYD in particular is gaining www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202... #energysky
China has overtaken Europe in historical greenhouse gas emissions, which could scramble the debate on who pays for global warming New story w/ @bradplumer.bsky.social: 🎁 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
To have a chance against global warming, key economies and industries need to hit crucial emissions targets by 2030. They’re far off track. This article is free to read, along with all of our coverage of the COP29 climate summit
The World’s Best Hope to Beat Climate Change Is Vanishing
To have a chance against global warming, key economies and industries need to hit crucial emissions targets by 2030. They’re far off track.
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Glorious article about the Roman inspired self-repairing concrete. Wonderful materials science! www.nytimes.com/2024/10/19/s...
Reinventing Concrete, the Ancient Roman Way
By learning the secrets of 2,000-year-old cement, researchers are trying to devise greener, more durable modern options.
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The NYT climate team is looking for a graphics editor — come work with me!! nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/jo...
Climate Graphics/ Multimedia Editor
The mission of The New York Times is to seek the truth and help people understand the world. That means independent journalism is at the heart of all we do as a company. It’s why we have a world-renow...
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Mira Rojanasakul@rjnskl.bsky.social · 2y agoThe NYT graphics team is looking for a cartographer — come work with us :))) nytimes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/NYT/jo...
Zillow users will soon see a “climate risk” rating for each home. The ratings are potentially a big deal and could shape buying decisions. But are they accurate? And if not, how should home buyers think about climate risk? I spoke with @madisoncondon.bsky.social and @michaelwara.bsky.social:
Should You Trust Zillow’s Climate Risk Data?
It’s flawed, but not worthless. Here’s how you should think about it.
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"David Easterling has tracked extreme weather at NOAA for decades. Still, he wasn't prepared to see it firsthand when his community of Asheville, North Carolina flooded after Hurricane Helene."
This climate scientist spent his career warning about extreme rain. Then he lived it
Researchers in Asheville, North Carolina have warned for years that rainfall is becoming increasingly dangerous. But experiencing it firsthand with Hurricane Helene is something totally different.
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*Some personal news* After 7+ years as a graphics reporter and sometimes-editor on The New York Times' climate team, I'm leaving to take a new role: Starting Monday, I'll be a Senior Editor at Bloomberg focused on collaborative projects across data reporting and visualization
More people across the U.S. are exposed to the risk of natural hazards and dangerous heat as climate change is amplifying extreme weather. A New York Times analysis shows where.
Where Americans Have Been Moving Into Disaster-Prone Areas
As Americans have flocked south and west, more people have been exposed to the risk of hazards like hurricanes, floods, wildfires and dangerous heat.
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