Earth Overshoot Day August 22 2020

We did it again, and it is no surprise. We’ve used up a years-worth of the planet’s regenerative resources in Continue reading →

Data That Matters July 2020

Since data collection began, over half a million people (534,000) have died from Covid-19. The US ’employment-population’ ratio dropped to Continue reading →

US GDP Drops 2Q20

Two of Covid’s main effects on the US: ~150,000 dead, so far; second quarter annualized GDP down 32.9%. That’s the Continue reading →

Possibly No Population Boom

Population has been booming. In 1900, world population was about 1.65 billion. Now, it is about 7.8 billion. That’s a Continue reading →

Truly Unemployed US Citizens

The traditional unemployment numbers come with so many asterisks that we’re accustomed to ignore them. While the official US unemployment Continue reading →

Coronavirus July 6 2020

Sadly, titling this post with only July 2020 could miss the fact that thousands are dying every day from Covid19. Continue reading →

Data That Matters June 2020

The US had record unemployment of 3.2 million in March, 6.6 million in April, and in May went from 30 Continue reading →

Arctic Hits 100F

It finally (unofficially) happened. Temperatures have finally reached 100F in the Arctic. Even if the official number is lower, a Continue reading →