
Mark Olalde
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I report: @ProPublica.
I teach: @Cronkite_ASU.
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"Primary responsibility for the debacle lies, of course, with SVB’s management. But regulators are supposed to grasp that they exist because bankers are always tempted to take risks." Check out Jesse Eisinger's take on the SVB debacle, for ProPublica 👇 propublica.org/article/silico…

In parts of many African nations, the lack of access to an electrical grid leads people to cut down trees for charcoal. The results of that are catastrophic, including for public health. Important work by Al Shaw/Irena Hwang, PhD/Caroline Chen, for ProPublica 👇 projects.propublica.org/spillover/


Utility Salt River Project is proposing a pumped storage reservoir near Apache Lake to work like a giant electric battery on the power grid azcentral.com/story/money/bu…



🧵1/ NEW with Steve Mills: The Art Institute of Chicago is slow to address concerns that religious artifacts from South & Southeast Asia -- given to the collection by influential museum donors -- may have been looted from their countries of origin chicagobusiness.com/arts-entertain…






"The answers the company did give raise concerns that its YieldStar software may play a role in driving rent inflation in some of the country’s biggest markets." an update to incredibly important reporting on RealPage by Heather Vogell/ProPublica 👇 propublica.org/article/yields…

"Building codes can either accelerate local carbon emission reductions or lock in fossil fuel infrastructure...When code changes nibble at utilities’ market share, however, the corporations bite back." Nick Bowlin/High Country News chews on the meaning of atmosenergy's opposition.


🚨 zombie wells alert 🚨 “In sampling 2,573 wells in the Greater Wattenberg…the study found natural gas outside the protective barrier in 96% of the wells and benzene and other chemicals…The likely causes…are compromised steel casings or cement seals.” coloradosun.com/2023/03/22/col…