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As renewable energy gets cheaper, Americans want to see more of it. But, partisan disagreements at the federal level and decentralization over solving questions about energy storage and use is slowing down that process — only made worse by the coronavirus crisis.

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As renewable energy gets cheaper, Americans want to see more of it.

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As renewable energy gets cheaper, Americans want to see more of it. But, partisan disagreements at the federal level and decentralization over solving questions about energy storage and use is slowing down that process — only made worse by the coronavirus crisis.

Ominous forecasts about the impact of climate change serve as the backdrop for the world — led by U.S. lawmakers and companies — to debate big action on the problem, which could upend energy systems and our way of life.

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The Axios Visuals team pored over the Mueller report and categorized each passage of the text to note what events, people, organization and places are mentioned. We ended up categorizing over 2,500 bits of text, and found over 400 unique entities.

How it works: Want to see how many times former White House counsel Don McGahn pops up? Or the part where Mueller tosses the ball to Congress? Use the search tool and you can find anything you need. (Except the redacted parts. Sorry.)

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Each part of the document is categorized and tagged.

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The Axios Visuals team pored over the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Mueller report" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/mueller-report-read-redacted-version-d144f2d2-9c3b-4233-b13e-337d156314d9.html" data-vars-content-id="5f7cab5b-9c53-46bc-abaa-bd6b7b3e6d66" data-vars-headline="Explore a detailed view of the Mueller report" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/mueller-report-read-redacted-version-d144f2d2-9c3b-4233-b13e-337d156314d9.html" target="_self">Mueller report</a> and categorized each passage of the text to note what events, people, organization and places are mentioned. We ended up categorizing over 2,500 bits of text, and found over 400 unique entities.How it works: Want to see how many times former White House counsel Don McGahn pops up? Or the part where Mueller tosses the ball to Congress? Use the search tool and you can find anything you need. (Except the redacted parts. Sorry.)<div><figure><div id="av-2019-04-19-mueller-report-explorer-C75AP" style="max-width:100%" data-vars-category="embed" data-vars-sub-category="axios-visual" data-vars-asset-id="av-2019-04-19-mueller-report-explorer-C75AP" class="gtmView"><img alt="View the full graphic" class="axios-visual-newsletter-fallback-image" src="https://graphics.axios.com/2019-04-19-mueller-report-explorer/fallbacks/2019-04-19-mueller-report-explorer-fallback.gif" width="692" height="619"/><img alt="View the full graphic" class="axios-visual-apple-fallback-image" src="https://graphics.axios.com/2019-04-19-mueller-report-explorer/fallbacks/2019-04-19-mueller-report-explorer-fallback.gif" width="692" height="619"/></div><figcaption>View the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="full graphic" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/explore-a-detailed-version-of-the-mueller-report-5f7cab5b-9c53-46bc-abaa-bd6b7b3e6d66.html" data-vars-content-id="5f7cab5b-9c53-46bc-abaa-bd6b7b3e6d66" data-vars-headline="Explore a detailed view of the Mueller report" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/explore-a-detailed-version-of-the-mueller-report-5f7cab5b-9c53-46bc-abaa-bd6b7b3e6d66.html" target="_self">full graphic</a></figcaption></figure></div>

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Data: Tim Renner via Shadowlands; Note: Locations are approximate and anonymously reported; Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios

🧛 The Richmond Vampire is still entombed at Hollywood Cemetery.

👻 A "friendly" ghost walks the Governor's Mansion.

😱 And a disembodied bride walks the grounds of Tuckahoe Plantation.

Why it matters: The Axios Visuals team thought it would be a fun Halloween treat for readers to dig into this dataset of supposedly haunted places collected and organized from reader submissions to the 25-year-old paranormal website The Shadowlands.

Richmond's most haunted places

Richmond is filled with <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="haunted places" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2022/10/31/haunted-places-america-screams-ghosts-halloween" data-vars-content-id="d64db005-d2c9-4a5d-b74c-b1c1ea730fca" data-vars-headline="Richmond&#x27;s most haunted places" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2022/10/31/haunted-places-america-screams-ghosts-halloween" target="_self">haunted places</a>:<ul><li>🧛 <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="The Richmond Vampire" data-vars-click-url="http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/virginia.htm" data-vars-content-id="d64db005-d2c9-4a5d-b74c-b1c1ea730fca" data-vars-headline="Richmond&#x27;s most haunted places" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/virginia.htm" target="_blank">The Richmond Vampire</a> is still entombed at Hollywood Cemetery.</li><li>👻 <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="A &quot;friendly&quot; ghost" data-vars-click-url="http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/virginia.htm" data-vars-content-id="d64db005-d2c9-4a5d-b74c-b1c1ea730fca" data-vars-headline="Richmond&#x27;s most haunted places" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/virginia.htm" target="_blank">A &quot;friendly&quot; ghost</a> walks the Governor&#x27;s Mansion.</li><li>😱 And a disembodied bride walks the grounds of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Tuckahoe Plantation" data-vars-click-url="http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/virginia.htm" data-vars-content-id="d64db005-d2c9-4a5d-b74c-b1c1ea730fca" data-vars-headline="Richmond&#x27;s most haunted places" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="http://www.theshadowlands.net/places/virginia.htm" target="_blank">Tuckahoe Plantation</a>.</li></ul>

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Data: Brookings Institution, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics; Map: Lazaro Gamio/Axios

The latest escalation in President Trump's trade war will expose to tariffs roughly 11 million U.S. workers who are employed in industries that produce targeted goods.

Why it matters: Industries affected by the brinksmanship are mostly concentrated in rural, deeply red, already-struggling parts of the country, with political consequences for Trump and Republicans in 2020.

Explanation of the map: The map tracks the geographical impact of both current and threatened retaliation. The darker a county, the higher the concentration of affected industries there.

Driving the news: U.S. tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese imports are about to rise from 10% to 25% — an escalation of the trade war that could hurt major importers and trigger even more painful retaliation by China.

Employment in rural and low-population counties can be exceptionally vulnerable to gyrations in the global economy, said Mark Muro, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. "In a small county, a single meat packing establishment can provide hundreds of jobs and make up a large share of that county's total employment," he told Axios in September. A prior report by Muro and others at Brookings inspired this analysis.

Methodology: We calculated the concentration of industries in each county compared with the national average. To get there, we gathered lists of goods facing tariffs from Canada, China, Mexico, and the European Union. The data is from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment Wages.

Original story: 11 million U.S. workers are in the trade war's crosshairs

Trump's trade war: Where American workers are hit hardest

Affected industries are mostly concentrated in deeply red, already struggling parts of the U.S.

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Trade war

The latest escalation in President Trump&#x27;s trade war will expose to tariffs roughly 11 million U.S. workers who are employed in industries that produce targeted goods.Why it matters: Industries affected by the brinksmanship are mostly concentrated in rural, deeply red, already-struggling parts of the country, with political consequences for Trump and Republicans in 2020.

After a record economic expansion, the coronavirus pandemic sent the U.S. economy into a recession as unemployment soared to staggering heights. The country now faces urgent questions about how much stimulus is needed for reeling consumers and businesses, and what a recovery might look like.

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Richmond's most haunted places

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Trump's trade war: Where American workers are hit hardest